State true or false.

Is it true that the flow of energy in the food chain is always unidirectional?

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answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The above given statement is true.
Concept- In a food chain, each organism depends upon another for its food. The energy transferred from one trophic level to another is 10%.Every food chain starts with autotrophs.Plants are eaten by herbivores.
The energy that is transferred from autotrophs to heterotrophs never returns back. The energy transferred is always unidirectional.
The interconnected food chain is known as food web. the flow of energy in fod web is multidirectional.
So, the given statement is right.
Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

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