ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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Question
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Organisms that are responsible for taking in the light energy to make their own food are known as which of the following?
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Consumers
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Heterotrophs
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Producers
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Decomposers
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals. Because autotrophs produce their own food, they are sometimes called producers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Green plants are the only living organisms that produce their own food. Light provides the energy to create a chemical reaction within specialized cells, called chloroplasts, in the leaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -Final answer: Organisms that can prepare their own food are called autotrophs.
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