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The venus flytrap is a photosynthetic plant. It obtains nitrogen but no energy by capturing insects. which term describes this plant?

autotroph/mixotroph

A fungus that digests its food externally and absorbs its products of digestion is called...

saprotroph

Groups of different types of organisms that live together and interact with each other

community

The protist Paramecium caudatum feeds on unicellular organisms. what mode of nutrition does it have?

heterotroph/consumer

What is the classification of an organism that is able to make organic compounds from inorganic nutrients?

autotroph

The three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus, lives in tree tops where it feeds on leaves. It also feeds on algae and fungi which live in its furIn which trophic group should the three-toed sloth be classified?

consumer

In this food web, which are quaternary consumers?

hawk and fox

Plankton are major producers. a small proportion of the energy harvested by plankton is passed to the primary consumers. Which process in phytoplankton results in the largest loss of energy that could otherwise be utilized by consumers?

respiration