Question

Food chains and webs not only describe the order organisms are eaten, but they also describe the _____.

flow of energy in an ecosystem
importance of the ecosystem
health of the ecosystem
animals that are all related

Answer 1

They also,describe the flow energy, or what animal eats what.

Answer 2

The correct answer is "flow of energy in an ecosystem".

Step-by-step explanation:

Traditionally, food chains were established as way to describe the order that organisms are eaten in an ecosystem. However, this concept changed as more information of the ecosystem was gathered trough the years. Nowadays, food chains also describe the flow of energy in an ecosystem, starting by the capture of solar energy by plants that becomes chemical energy stored in the form of biomass that flows from different species along the chain.