What is the scientific name for a consumer?

what is the scientific name for a consumer?


if you dont know what it is, its an organism that hunts/searches for their own food.


also, if you can, can you give me a organism that is a consumer? like a algae or plant-like consumer.


thank you sooooo much in advance !

What is the scientific name for a consumer?
Actually, a consumer isn't necessarily someone who hunts or searches for their own food, they just don't make it themselves.


Heterotroph


Venus fly trap
Reply:There are different types of consumers.





Primary consumers eat plants or general organisms that produce their own food (autotrophs)


Secondary consumers eat primary consumers.





If you want the proper names - organisms that produce their own food are normally known as "autotrophs" and organisms that rely on other sources are known as "heterotrophs".





P.S: Wikipedia has a pretty good diagram, if you look up "heterotroph".
Reply:heterotroph? Heterotrophs cannot make their own food and depend on autotrophs.