Question

2. A food web explains why there are more _____. It is because more energy is available to _____. A. Decomposers than consumers / consumers b. Producers than decomposers / consumers c. Consumers than producers / producers d. Producers than consumers / producers

Answer 1

Answer:

D

Explanation:

A food web explains why there are more producers than consumers. It is because more energy is available to producers.

The food web is a structural representation of the feeding relationship that exists among the living organisms in a particular environment.

A typical food web groups living organisms as producers, consumers, or decomposers. Producers are those that fix sunlight energy into chemical energy, a process known as photosynthesis while consumers are those that either feed on producers or other living organisms in the environment. The decomposers return both producers and consumers back to the earth and help nutrients circulate in the environment.

In a typical food web, producers are usually more than consumers because more energy is usually available at this level. Less and less energy becomes available as we move up the ladder in each food chain that makes up the food web.

The correct option is D.