Imagine that you have discovered a new species that has the ability to consume other organisms for energy and also contains chloroplasts. What would these properties tell you about the organism

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Valinto

7 June, 08:54

Imagine that you have discovered a new species that has the ability to consume other organisms for energy and also contains chloroplasts. What would these properties tell you about the organism

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This organism is both autotroph and heterotroph

Explanation:

The animals which have the ability to get energy by consuming the other organism are called heterotrophic organisms and the organism can make their own energy are called autotrophs.

So if an organism has the ability to consume another organism for energy and also have chloroplasts than that organism will be considered both autotroph and heterotroph because through chloroplast it can convert sunlight energy into chemical energy like plant do and by consuming other organisms it can also get food or energy.