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A Venus Flytrap makes its own food by photosynthesis.
To make that food, it must trap and digest insects and absorb the nutrients that are missing from the soil it grows in.
That means it is both a producer and a consumer.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoYes, the Venus Flytrap has an active "trap" consisting of a modified leaf. When a small insect lands on the leaf, small actuator hairs are disturbed and the trap closes - trapping the insect. The insect is then digested and assimilated through the leaf wall by digestive enzymes that are secreted by the plant.
Yes, Venus Flytraps are capable of photosynthesis and produce their own food through this process. However, they also supplement their nutrient intake by trapping and digesting insects.
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∙ 15y agoNot because they depend on te fly to survive. Autotroughs are organsims that make there own food from sunlight, Co2, and H2o
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Are venus flytraps and pitcher plants considered consumers?
A Venus Flytrap is both a producer and a consumer. It makes its own food by photosynthesis, which means it is a producer. However, it must trap and digest flies or other organisms in order to get the nutrients to manufacture the food. That means it is also a consumer.
Rotan is looking at the planet Venus. Venus can not produce its own light. why can we see it?
We can see Venus because it reflects the light from the Sun. The Sun's light hits Venus and bounces off the planet, reaching our eyes and making it visible in the sky. Venus itself does not emit its own light.
Is Venus a star?
No, Venus is not a star. It is a planet in our solar system, the second closest planet to the Sun. Stars are massive celestial bodies that produce their own light through nuclear fusion, while planets do not produce their own light and instead reflect light from the Sun.
What makes their own food deer or trees?
Trees, they use photosynthesis to produce their own food.
Are mosses Autotrophic?
Yes. Autotrophs produce their own food, usually by photosynthesis. Mosses are green plants that can produce their own food from sunlight by photosynthesis.
Do Venus Flytraps actually snap?
it has its own way of closing its "mouth" when it feels somthing like a fly
Why does the Venus Flytrap eat animals?
Venus Flytraps eat flies and insects because their environment resulted in the need for nutrients contained in them. They adapted to that environment and developed the traps for catching flies.
Are venus flytraps and pitcher plants considered consumers?
A Venus Flytrap is both a producer and a consumer. It makes its own food by photosynthesis, which means it is a producer. However, it must trap and digest flies or other organisms in order to get the nutrients to manufacture the food. That means it is also a consumer.
What are the names for organisms that produce their own food and those that do not produce their own food?
Producer produce their own foods; consumers do not.
What is an organism called when it does not produce its own food?
It is called single celled when it DOES produce its own food and multi celled when it can't produce its own food.
Is a Venus Flytrap a heterotroph or autotroph?
It is an autotroph. It doesn't need to eat flies to survive. I had a venus fly trap and never gave it flies and it lived just fine with photosynthesis. Heterotrophs need to eat others to live.
What has photosynthesis?
All plants that produce their own food, but a mushroom cannot produce their own food.
Does Venus fly trap make its own food?
they do not
Can you produce your own food?
me? no
How does venus flytrap make its own food?
no the obtain their food ther not nesaserraly a plant
How does bacteia in this ecosystem produce its own food?
The bacteria in a given ecosystem can only produce its own food by the use of sunlight.
All organisms that can not produce their own food are called .?
All organisms that can not produce their own food, are called heterotrophs.
