Question

In a rainforest food chain, caterpillars and butterflies eat orchid plants. Toucans eat the caterpillars and butterflies. Leopards eat the toucans.

Which statement describes the energy in this food chain?


The leopards gain energy directly from the butterflies.

The orchids have the least amount of available energy.

The caterpillars gain energy directly from the orchids.

The toucans have more available energy than the butterflies.

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Answer 1

The caterpillars gain energy directly from the orchids.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer would be that the caterpillars gain energy directly from the orchids.

Since the caterpillars feed on the orchid plant, they gain their energy directly from it. The orchid plant represents the primary producer in the food chain while both the caterpillars and the butterflies are primary consumers.

The leopard does not gain its energy directly from the butterflies because the animal does not feed directly on the butterflies. The orchid has the highest amount of energy available because it gets its energy from the sun through photosynthesis. The toucans cannot have more energy available than the butterflies because the more you move up the food chain, the lesser the energy available.