Question

What is the correct series of steps for the movement of energy in an ecosystem?

Answer 1

The flow of energy is always unidirectional. The energy passes from primary producers to primary consumers. From the primary consumers, the energy is passed to secondary consumers and then to tertiary consumers. Thus the energy pyramid is always upright.

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Answer 2

A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another; the levels in the food chain are producers, primary consumers, higher-level consumers, and finally decomposers.

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