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Q: What are plants and algae called because they make their own food?
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What do plants and green algae have the same types of?

Plants and green algae both have the same types of organelles. This is because they both are able to create their own food.


Plants and algae that convert sunlight to food energy are called?

Tertiary consumers


Is algae a producer of its own food?

Yes. Algae, like other plants, produces it's energy through a process called photosynthesis.


Producers are called?

In a food chain, producers are usually green plants or algae that use chlorophyll to convert energy from the sun into food.


Why is sunlight important to plantlike protists?

Plantlike protists, which are commonly called algae, are extremely diverse. Like plants, algae are autotrophs. Most are able to use the sun's energy to make their own food.


How does algae get water and nutrients?

Algae gets its nutrients from sunlight and water from the water itself that it's in, because algae only grows in water.


Organisms that makes food by photosynthesis?

Algae, plants, and cyanobacteria.


Are red algae a consumer?

no its a producer


Can fertilizer cause algae to grow?

Yes. Algae are plants. Fertilizer is plant food.


How fungi and algae are helpful in overcoming the problem of shortage of food?

Fungi and algae can help food shortages because they can be eaten by other plants and animals. They are also relatively easy to grow and cultivate.


Is seaweed a dead organism?

no it is a living organism because it makes its own food by sunlight called photosynthesis and lives underwater like algae like most underwater plants do


What characteristics do green algae share with plants?

They share their photosynthetic pigments and their cell wall composition.