Question

How does energy flow from producers to consumers in an ecosystem?

(1 point)

Consumers obtain energy by eating producers.

Consumers obtain energy directly from sunlight.

Producers obtain energy from decomposers.

Producers obtain energy by eating consumers.

Answer 1

Consumers obtain energy by eating producers.

Producers (plants, algae) convert sunlight into chemical energy via photosynthesis, and consumers (herbivores, omnivores, carnivores) gain that energy by eating producers or other consumers.