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How are food webs and energy pyramids similar?
A
They both are used to show which organisms are eaten
B
They both show energy flow
C
They are the same as a food chain
D
They both show all interactions in the ecosystem
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Food chains and energy pyramids are related in that they both show a flow of energy from one organism to another. The food chain is a series of links between specific organisms that consume other organisms in order to get energy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The bottom and largest level of the pyramid is the producers and contains the largest amount of energy. As you move up the pyramid, through the trophic levels to primary, secondary and tertiary consumers, the amount of energy decreases and the levels become smaller.

Detailed explanation-3: -A food chain outlines who eats whom. A food web is all of the food chains in an ecosystem. Each organism in an ecosystem occupies a specific trophic level or position in the food chain or web. Producers, who make their own food using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, make up the bottom of the trophic pyramid.

Detailed explanation-4: -Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. An energy pyramid is a model that shows the flow of energy from one trophic, or feeding, level to the next in an ecosystem. The model is a diagram that compares the energy used by organisms at each trophic level. The energy in an energy pyramid is measured in units of kilocalories (kcal).

Detailed explanation-5: -Normally, food webs consist of a number of food chains meshed together. Each food chain is a descriptive diagram including a series of arrows, each pointing from one species to another, representing the flow of food energy from one feeding group of organisms to another.

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