alleryStart learning →What name is given to an organism capable of producing its own organic compounds from sunlight?
AA heterotroph
BA photoautotroph
CA chemoautotroph
DA decomposer
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. A photoautotroph
1. A photoautotroph is an organism capable of producing its own organic compounds from sunlight.
2. The name means literally a self-feeder using light.
3. A heterotroph consumes organic substances or other organisms for food instead.
4. A chemoautotroph builds organic molecules using energy from inorganic chemicals rather than sunlight.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 8 "Photosynthesis", section 8.1 Overview of Photosynthesis_
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