OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
EVOLUTION
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Question
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what is the purpose of archaea bacteria
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source of oxygen
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feed plants
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they have no purpose
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Breaks down molecules and can be a food source
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Obtaining Food and Energy Most archaea are chemotrophs and derive their energy and nutrients from breaking down molecules in their environment. A few species of archaea are photosynthetic and capture the energy of sunlight.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some archaebacteria can make their own food (autotrophic). Some must get their food from other organisms (heterotrophic).
Detailed explanation-3: -Archaea can eat iron, sulfur, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, ammonia, uranium, and all sorts of toxic compounds, and from this consumption they can produce methane, hydrogen sulfide gas, iron, or sulfur.
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