Consumer
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Example:
Imagine you’re trying to fix a broken appliance at home, but you lack the necessary tools. This situation is similar to the way some consumers in nature, such as animals, cannot produce their own food and must rely on eating other living organisms to obtain energy. Just as you need to borrow or buy tools to complete the repair, these consumers must "borrow" or "acquire" energy by consuming other plants or animals. In both scenarios, there is a dependency on external resources to fulfill a need: you need tools to fix your appliance, and consumers need other living things to obtain their energy.
Practice Version
Consumer: Unlike a plant, a consumer cannot make its own food instead, it eats other living things. In science, a consumer is an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms.