Select all the correct answers.
The image shows a rain forest ecosystem. The energy from plants, or producers, acts as the starting point of energy in the ecosystem. This energy is
transferred to other organisms in the food web. In which two ways is the total amount of energy conserved in the ecosystem?
sloth
Scavengers
fruits
toucan
boa
constrictor
butterfly
flowers
golden flon
tamarin
Secondary
Consumers
(carnivores)
jaguar
agouti
Primary
Consumers
(herbivores)
macaw
tapir
older
monkey
Producers
(green plants)
Decomposers and
Detritus Feeders
bacteria, fungi
Some energy is transferred to the organisms, and the remaining energy is released into the
ecosystem as thermal energy.