Use the evidence in the text to select the photosynthetic organism.
Fantastic leaf-tailed geckos live in the forests of Madagascar. This type of gecko looks like a leaf, which helps it hide in the trees as it hunts its insect prey. Lizard's tail plants are found throughout eastern North America. These plants use energy from sunlight to make their food.
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 lizard's tail plants use energy from sunlight to make food. This is evidence that the lizard's tail plant is a photosynthetic organism.
This organism is not photosynthetic:
The text does not provide evidence that the fantastic leaf-tailed gecko is photosynthetic.