Question

Which organism provides evidence that matter and energy can be cycled through an ecosystem without sunlight?(1 point)
Responses

a lion in an African savanna
a lion in an African savanna

a tree in a South American rain forest
a tree in a South American rain forest

a bison in a North American prairie
a bison in a North American prairie

a lanternfish on the Atlantic Ocean floor
a lanternfish on the Atlantic Ocean floor

Answer 1

a lanternfish on the Atlantic Ocean floor

Reason: deep‑sea organisms can be supported by chemosynthesis or by detrital/chemosynthetic food webs that do not rely on sunlight, so matter and energy cycle without sunlight there.