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TeachMeFinance.com - explain heterotroph heterotroph The term 'heterotroph' as it applies to the area of carbon dioxide can be defined as ' An organism (most bacteria, fungi, and animals) that breaks down and uses organic matter. This organism cannot manufacture its own high-energy compounds from low-energy inorganic raw materials. Bacteria and fungi depend mainly on absorption as their mode of feeding, while animals may be herbivores (eat green plants and obtain high-energy compounds directly from the organisms that first made them), carnivores (eat the animals that ate the plants), or omnivores (eat both animal and plant material)'. Previous 5 Terms: hertz Hertz (Hz) hesternal heterogeneous heterogenesis Next 5 Terms: Heterozygosity hexagon HHS HI hibernal About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.