Use the evidence in the text to select the photosynthetic organism.
Snow leopards have special cells in their skin. These cells produce substances that help color the animals' fur. Polka dot plants have chloroplasts in their cells. The plants use these chloroplasts to capture light energy from the Sun.
Organisms that carry out photosynthesis are called photosynthetic organisms. During photosynthesis, these organisms use light energy to turn water and carbon dioxide into 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. Producers don't usually eat other organisms.
Their cells contain chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are cell parts where photosynthesis occurs.
Their chloroplasts often contain chlorophyll, which is green. Chlorophyll captures energy from sunlight to power photosynthesis.
They use the sugars they make during photosynthesis as food. This food provides the organisms with the energy they need to live.
This organism is photosynthetic:
The text tells you that polka dot plants have chloroplasts in their cells. This is evidence that the polka dot plant is a photosynthetic organism.
This organism is not photosynthetic:
The text does not provide evidence that the snow leopard is photosynthetic.