AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

BRYOPHYTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mosses are photoautotrophic living beings so ____
A
They obtain organic material from inorganic material
B
They obtain inorganic material from organic material
C
They obtain organic material directly from the ground
D
They obtain the energy only from quemical reactions
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Yes, mosses belong to the group of nonvascular plants called Bryophytes. They are autotrophs and produce their food by photosynthesis.

Detailed explanation-2: -The organisms which are capable of using the energy from the inorganic compounds are known as chemoautotrophs. The reduced inorganic compounds are oxidised and the energy which is released from the carbon source is used for the preparation of food.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of photoautotrophs are land plants (e.g. dicots, grass, gymnosperms, bryophytes, ferns, etc.), lichen, photosynthetic algae (e.g. chlorophytes, charophytes, dinoflagellates, diatoms, etc.), photosynthetic bacteria (e.g. cyanobacteria), and other plant-like plankton groups.

Detailed explanation-4: -In biology, moss is an autotroph, which is also known as a producer. Autotrophs are plants and algae, and they have the necessary cell organelles that make photosynthesis possible.

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