Use the evidence in the text to select the photosynthetic organism.
A: Mossy frogs get the energy they need to live by eating insects. The frogs capture insects with their tongues.
B: Sphagnum mosses get the energy they need to live from sugars. The mosses make these sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
Organisms that carry out photosynthesis are called photosynthetic organisms. During photosynthesis, these organisms use light energy, carbon dioxide, and water to produce sugars and oxygen.
Photosynthetic organisms also often have the following characteristics:
They are producers, which are organisms that make their own food inside their cells. Because producers make their own food, they typically do not eat other organisms.
Their cells contain chloroplasts, which are cell structures where photosynthesis occurs.
Their chloroplasts often contain a green substance called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll captures light energy from the Sun to power photosynthesis.
They use the sugars they produce during photosynthesis as food. This food provides energy that helps the organisms live, grow, and reproduce.
This organism is photosynthetic:
The text tells you that Sphagnum mosses get energy from the sugars they make using carbon dioxide and water. This is evidence that the Sphagnum moss is a photosynthetic organism.
This organism is not photosynthetic:
The text does not provide evidence that the mossy frog is photosynthetic.