Question

one of the crosscutting concepts we discussed was about the flow of energy and matter through an ecosystem. youve seen this before in food chains and food webs. write a few sentences describing a food chain or food web including a few different organisms and explaining what eats what. (example: grass takes its energy from the sun through photosynthesis, antelope get their energy when they eat the grass, lions get their energy when they eat the antelope, lions die and their energy gets transferred back to the grass.)

Explanation:

Plants like algae are primary - producers that use photosynthesis to convert sunlight into energy. Small fish eat the algae. Larger predatory fish eat the small fish. When the larger fish die, decomposers such as bacteria break them down and release nutrients back into the water for the algae to use.

Answer:

Algae get energy from the sun through photosynthesis. Small fish eat the algae to obtain energy. Larger predatory fish eat the small fish for energy. When the larger fish die, decomposers break them down and return nutrients to the algae.