Use the evidence in the text to select the photosynthetic organism.
Painted nettles combine water and carbon dioxide to make sugars inside their cells. The painted nettles can use these sugars for energy. Planthoppers are insects that get sugars by sucking nectar from plants. The planthoppers can use these sugars for energy.
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 painted nettles combine water and carbon dioxide to make sugars, which they use for energy. This is evidence that the painted nettle is a photosynthetic organism.
This organism is not photosynthetic:
The text does not provide evidence that the planthopper is photosynthetic.