Question

A particular single-celled organism uses radiant energy to fix carbon as sugars. This organism generates ATP by breaking down sugars through a process that uses oxygen. Based on this information, how should this organism be classified?

Answer 1

A particular single-celled organism uses radiant energy to fix carbon as sugars. This organism generates ATP by breaking down sugars through a process that uses oxygen. This organism is classified as - aerobic autotrophs. Autotrophs produce their own food from the substances available in their surroundings using light through photosynthesis or chemo-synthesis.

Answer 2

A particular single celled organism that uses radiant energy means that it is autotrophic in nature.

The autotrophs are the organisms that uses sunlight (radiant energy) to perform the process of photosynthesis to fix carbon in the form of sugars.

They generate ATP by breaking down the sugar using oxygen, which means they perform cellular respiration.

This makes the organism aerobic autotroph.