When analyzing a microscopic model of a freshwater ecosystem, what is one heterotroph you are likely to encounter?(1 point)

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desmids
desmids

diatoms
diatoms

grass
grass

arthropods

Answer 1

In a freshwater ecosystem, one heterotroph you are likely to encounter is arthropods. Heterotrophs are organisms that cannot produce their own food and rely on consuming other organisms, while desmids and diatoms are examples of autotrophs (specifically, types of algae), and grass is a terrestrial plant, also an autotroph.