Question

Which of the following correctly shows how energy flows in an ecosystem? *

producer - sun - decomposer – consumer
sun - producer - consumer – decomposer
decomposer - producer - consumer – sun
consumer- decomposer - sun – producer

Answer 1

The correct sequence showing how energy flows in an ecosystem is sun - producer - consumer - decomposer. Producers capture energy from the sun to make food, consumers eat the producers and sometimes other consumers, and decomposers break down organic material to complete the cycle.

Step-by-step explanation:

The flow of energy in an ecosystem correctly follows the sequence: sun - producer - consumer - decomposer. The energy originates from the sun, which is captured by producers, such as plants, through photosynthesis. These producers create food in the form of glucose, which provides energy for themselves as well as for the consumers that eat them. Consumers include herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. After these organisms die or produce organic waste, decomposers break them down and release inorganic molecules back into the environment, completing the cycle.

A food chain diagram can represent this single pathway by which energy flows through the organisms in an ecosystem. In a typical food chain, the producers are always at the beginning because they bring energy into the ecosystem. The sequence progresses through the various consumers according to who eats whom, and ends with the decomposers, which digest matter and return nutrients back to the soil or water, making them available for producers again.

Answer 2

The correct answer is - sun - producer - the consumer – decomposer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sun is the ultimate source of the energy on the earth and is responsible for all the energy that is present or moves between various organisms in an ecosystem.

Sun provides energy in the form of light energy which is converted by the producers by photosynthesis into food and when consumers eat producers for food and energy 10 percent of energy passes from the producers to the consumers and the rest 90% lost during life processes. At the end of the chain, decomposers get energy from the dead matter of the consumers.