Answer:Based on the information given we can not say pea aphid as an autotroph. Because pea aphid ability to produce ATP in the presence of sun is due to the light-capturing pigment that it gains from the genes transferred from fungi.
As pea aphid do not have any chloroplast and it cannot fix carbon so it is not a true autotroph. We can say it false autotroph because it can produce ATP in the presence of sunlight and can show increased production of ATP at the higher level of pigment.
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If the solutions and leaf disks were boiled prior to the photosynthesis I think all the leafs would sink. Photosynthesis would not ensue by the reason the proteins would be converted and not useful.
Alternatively, if the solutions and leaf disks were subjected to very cold temperatures the leaf disk will float faster.
