Arrows indicate the direction of energy flow, indicating that energy is flowing from the orca to the sea cucumber. What is the most likely explanation for this model?
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The sea cucumber is a predator of the orca.
The sea cucumber is a predator of the orca.
The arrow is going the wrong direction so this food web is wrong.
The arrow is going the wrong direction so this food web is wrong.
The sea cucumber is a decomposer and gets its energy from the waste produced by orcas.
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The correct explanation for the food web model you described is:
The sea cucumber is a decomposer and gets its energy from the waste produced by orcas.
In a food web, arrows indicate the flow of energy, typically from a source of energy (like a predator or a producer) to an organism that consumes that energy. If the orca is producing waste, and the sea cucumber feeds on that waste, then the energy flow would be appropriately represented by an arrow pointing from the orca to the sea cucumber.
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