AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In a food web, arrows point at:
A
who gets energy.
B
who gets eaten.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The arrows on a food chain indicate where energy is being passed. For example, an arrow pointing from some grass to a zebra means the grass gives energy to the zebra (when the zebra eats the grass). The arrows on a food chain indicate where energy is being passed.It also specifies the direction of the flow of energy.

Detailed explanation-2: -To read the food web: The arrows show what each organism eats and the flow of energy. The arrow points to the organism that does the eating and who GETS the energy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The level of the food web that has the most energy is the producers, according to the 10% rule. Producers are organisms that make their own food, such as photosynthetic plants, algae and bacteria, or chemosynthetic bacteria. Thus, since producers make their own food, they can get 100% of the available energy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Energy is transferred between organisms in food webs from producers to consumers. The energy is used by organisms to carry out complex tasks. The vast majority of energy that exists in food webs originates from the sun and is converted (transformed) into chemical energy by the process of photosynthesis in plants.

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