chloroplast
There are a few organelles that would only be found within a cell that is eukaryotic and autotrophic. They are chloroplasts and a central vacuole.
chloroplast
In autotrophic organisms, you would expect to find chloroplasts, which are the organelles responsible for photosynthesis. These organelles contain chlorophyll, allowing the organism to convert light energy into chemical energy. Additionally, autotrophs may have other specialized structures related to photosynthesis, but chloroplasts are the key organelles exclusive to this group.
Primary producer
No, a frog is not a plant so therefore it can not create its own food/energy. That would be cool if it could though...
Autotrophic organisms are animals or plants that can create their own energy from the Sun. The organelle most common in these organisms are chloroplasts.
There are a few organelles that would only be found within a cell that is eukaryotic and autotrophic. They are chloroplasts and a central vacuole.
chloroplast
In autotrophic organisms, you would expect to find chloroplasts, which are the organelles responsible for photosynthesis. These organelles contain chlorophyll, allowing the organism to convert light energy into chemical energy. Additionally, autotrophs may have other specialized structures related to photosynthesis, but chloroplasts are the key organelles exclusive to this group.
The organelle that you would expect to find in a plant cell but not animal cell is the centrosomes.
Primary producer
MITOCHONDRIA
No, a frog is not a plant so therefore it can not create its own food/energy. That would be cool if it could though...
The first living cells had to be autotrophic because if they were not then they would die, autotrophic bacteria produce oxygen and can live in our older Earth's climate. Any other would die from a lack of oxygen.
No, heterotrophs were not the first living organisms. It is believed that autotrophic organisms, capable of producing their own food through processes like photosynthesis, likely appeared before heterotrophs that rely on consuming other organisms for nutrition.
Autotrophic organisms are those that are capable of creating their own energy from non-biological sources. Without these producers, heterotrophs would cease to exist because they would have no primary source of nutrition.
Chloroplast