What is the ultimate source of energy for most organisms and how is this energy captured so it is useful in a food chain?

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Chi Chi

Biology

17 September, 14:11

What is the ultimate source of energy for most organisms and how is this energy captured so it is useful in a food chain?

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Allison Salazar · Answer 1

The ultimate source of energy (for most ecosystems) is the sun. The ultimate fate of energy in ecosystems is for it to be lost as heat. Energy and nutrients are passed from organism to organism through the food chain as one organism eats another.