alleryStart learning →Energy is acquired by living things in how many ways?
AThree ways
BOne way
CFive ways
DNine ways
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Three ways
1. Energy can enter a food web by more than one route.
2. Energy is acquired by living things in three ways.
3. Those are photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.
4. The third is the consumption and digestion of other organisms by heterotrophs.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 46 'Ecosystems', sections 46.1-46.3_
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