Filed Under Broadcast News TV/Cable News. Tags: AM / TV Newsâ¢ PM / TV News. About The Author: Carl has been with RBR-TVBR since 1997 and is currently Managing Director/Senior Editor. Residing in Northern Virginia, he covers the business of broadcasting, advertising, programming, new media and engineering.
View Full Document. Organisms that can't make their own food and have to get their energy by consuming other organisms are called heterotrophs . Energy can be converted from one form to another and can be transferred from one organism to another. Most of the energy comes directly or indirectly from the sun.
If an animal can get its energy by ingesting either producers or consumers, it is an omnivore. A food chain does not consist of a set amount of organic matter and energy being passed along like a baton from one organism to another. In reality, the baton gets smaller and smaller with each transfer.