Question

2. A fruit fly is classified as a consumer rather than as a producer because it is unable to 1. reproduce asexually 2. synthesize its own food 3. release energy stored in organic molecules 4. remove wastes from its body​

Answer 1

2

Step-by-step explanation:

because a fruit fly isn't a producer

Answer 2

2. synthesize its own food

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on how they obtain their nutrition, living organisms has been classified to be either producers, consumers, or decomposers. Producers are organisms capable of synthesizing their own food using light (photosynthesis) or inorganic chemicals (chemosynthesis).

Consumers, on the other hand, cannot synthesize their own food and hence, rely on other organisms to obtain their energy source. Consumers feed on other organisms to obtain energy. In this question, a fruit fly is classified as a CONSUMER because it cannot synthesize its own food.