Question

Energy and nutrients enter a community by way of the______________

• A. Producers
• B. Consumers
• C. Detrivores
• D. Scavengers

Answer 1

The correct option is A Producers

• The plant converts solar energy into food during photosynthesis. Plants are primary producers.
• Plant eaters are primary consumers (herbivores), they eat and use the energy that is stored in glucose. Secondary consumers eat (meat) primary consumers.
• Secondary consumers die and get disintegrated by decomposers, which provide raw materials and nutrients for plants.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.