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GCSE Biology · key term
An organism that makes organic food molecules from simple substances using light energy.
Used by OCR
Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)
Revise: Transport of SubstancesPhotosynthetic organisms, including plants and some single-celled producers, make food using light energy.
A living organism that carries out photosynthesis, such as a plant or an alga.
Use the causal chain: photosynthesis makes glucose; glucose is used to make biological material; this makes photosynthetic organisms the starting point for most food chains.
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