Question

How do algae, cyanobacteria, and plants produce their own food? A) They consume other producers. B) They fix nitrogen from the atmosphere. C) They exchange RNA with other organisms. D) They convert sunlight into chemical energy.

Answer 1

Algae, cyanobacteria and plants can all do photosynthesis - so the answer is D - they convert sunlight into chemical energy

Answer 2

The correct answer is option C- they absorb sunlight and convert into chemical energy

- Algae, cyanobacteria and plants have one common characteristic that they prepare their own food. All of them contain a pigment called “chlorophyll”.

- Chlorophyll is a green color pigment which is required for the preparation of food during photosynthesis. It absorbs sunlight and converts into to chemical energy which is utilized by these organisms to perform.