Which organisms eat other living organisms as a source of food and energy?

Question

Responses

plants
plants

decomposers
decomposers

consumers
consumers

producers

Answer 1

The organisms that eat other living organisms as a source of food and energy are called consumers. Consumers can be further classified into different categories based on what they eat, such as herbivores (plant eaters), carnivores (meat eaters), and omnivores (eat both plants and animals).

Producers are organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, such as plants and some microbes. Decomposers break down dead organic material and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem. Therefore, the correct response from your options is consumers.