Question

a. An organism gets carbon by using carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to make sugar molecules. b. This organism is a An organism gets carbon by using carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to make sugar molecules. c. This organism is a producer. primary consumer. decomposer. higher-level consumer. d. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer:An organism that gets carbon by using carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to make sugar molecules is a producer.

Explanation: A producer is an organism that manufactures its own food. They are also called autotrophs. Plants are producers because they produce glucose (which is a sugar molecule) and oxygen using sunlight, carbon dioxide and water in a process known as photosynthesis. Chemical equation of photosynthesis is 6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight --> C6H12O6 + 6O2. Green plants are producers or autotrophs because they have chloroplasts which is the organelle where photosynthesis takes place but animals are consumers or heterotrophs because they cannot produce their own food rather they depend on plants or fellow animals for food.