NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

MICROBIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The term photoautotroph refers to an organism that
A
is a decomposer.
B
must obtain organic compounds for its carbon needs.
C
gets energy from sunlight.
D
gets energy by oxidizing chemical compounds.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An autotroph is an organism able to make its own food. Photoautotrophs are organisms that carry out photosynthesis. Using energy from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water are converted into organic materials to be used in cellular functions such as biosynthesis and respiration.

Detailed explanation-2: -Autotrophs are able to manufacture energy from the sun, but heterotrophs must rely on other organisms for energy.

Detailed explanation-3: -pho·to·au·to·troph ˌfō-tō-ˈȯ-tə-ˌtrȯf. plural photoautotrophs. : a photosynthetic organism (such as a green plant or a cyanobacterium) that utilizes energy from light to synthesize organic molecules.

Detailed explanation-4: -Definition noun, plural: photoheterotrophs An organism that depends on light for most of its energy and principally on organic compounds for its carbon Supplement Photoheterotrophs are heterotrophic organisms that make use of light energy as their energy source.

Detailed explanation-5: -Phytoplanktons are photoautotrophs. These cells use light energy to drive the process of photosynthesis to generate the ATP energy they need to chemically link together CO2 molecules to form glucose. Photosynthetic cells capture light energy using specialized molecules called pigments.

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