Imagine That You Discover a Carnivorous Deep-Sea Fish That Cannot

question 99

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you discover a carnivorous deep-sea fish that cannot utilize the carbon in carbonic acid (or any other inorganic molecule) present in seawater to form glucose (or other organic molecules) . Living so far beneath the water's surface, this fish is also incapable of harnessing energy from the sun. This fish would be considered a:

• A)phototroph.
• B)photoautotroph.
• C)photoheterotroph.
• D)chemoautotroph.
• E)chemoheterotroph.

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