Question

A food chain in an ecosystem represents the __________________

• A. Biotic components only
• B. energy flow and transfer of nutrients
• C. Both (a) and (b)
• D. abiotic components and decomposers

Answer 1

The correct option is D abiotic components and decomposers

A food chain describes the feeding relationships between species in a community. The food chain consists of producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers or top carnivores. Ecological succession, on the other hand, is the gradual process by which ecosystems change and develop over time.