Organisms that generate energy using light are known as ........

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Organisms that generate energy using light are known as ..................

Chaemolithotrophs

Oligotrophs

Bacteria

Photoautotrophs

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Photoautotrophs are organisms that can make their own energy using light and carbon dioxide via the process of photosynthesis. The word photoautotroph is a combination of autotroph, the word for an organism that makes its own food, and the prefix photo-, which means “light”.