In the Diagram Below, How Do Nutrient and Energy Flow

question 16

Multiple Choice

In the diagram below, how do nutrient and energy flow differ?

• A)Energy flow is one-way, whereas nutrients are recycled.
• B)Energy is recycled, whereas nutrient flow is one-way.
• C)Only about 10 percent of energy flows from trophic level to trophic level. Nutrient flow is 100 percent from trophic level to trophic level.
• D)Energy flows only to primary producers and decomposers, whereas nutrients flow only to secondary consumers and decomposers.

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