Question

The following diagram shows a food web.



What can be concluded from the diagram?
A.
Plants can provide chemical energy to the Sun and to animals.
B.
Plants can obtain chemical energy from sunlight or from animals.
C.
Plants can transform sunlight energy into chemical energy that animals can use.
D.
Plants and animals can both transform sunlight energy into chemical energy.

Answer 1

C.

Plants (producers) use photosynthesis to convert sunlight into chemical energy (organic molecules). Animals (consumers) obtain that chemical energy by eating the plants. The other statements are incorrect: plants do not provide energy to the Sun, plants do not generally get chemical energy from animals, and animals do not transform sunlight into chemical energy.