Use the evidence in the text to select the photosynthetic organism.
Emerald tree boas eat only once every few months. The boas eat small animals, which their bodies break down for energy. Snake plants use carbon dioxide and water to make sugars. These plants use the sugars to get the energy they need to live.
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 snake plants use carbon dioxide and water to make sugars, and then use these sugars to get energy. This is evidence that the snake plant is a photosynthetic organism.
This organism is not photosynthetic:
The text does not provide evidence that the emerald tree boa is photosynthetic.