which of the following correctly describes the sequence of energy transfer in a food web

Question

a. primary consumers--->producers--->secondary consumers ---> tertiary consumers
b. producers --->secondary consumers ---> primary consumers---> tertiary consumers
c. tertiary consumers--->secondary consumers--->primary consumers---> producers
d. producers---> primary consumers---> secondary consumers---> tertiary consumers

Answer 1

The correct description of the sequence of energy transfer in a food web is:

d. producers → primary consumers → secondary consumers → tertiary consumers

In this sequence, energy flows from producers (plants, which create energy through photosynthesis) to primary consumers (herbivores that eat the producers), then to secondary consumers (carnivores or omnivores that eat primary consumers), and finally to tertiary consumers (top predators that eat secondary consumers).