A Food Web Is a More Realistic Depiction Than a Food

question 88

Multiple Choice

A food web is a more realistic depiction than a food chain because

• A) organisms rarely eat just one kind of food.
• B) energy flow is linear.
• C) energy flow is cyclic.
• D) a more complex model is always better than a simple one.
• E) matter cycles in ecosystems.

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