Hey Luma, good to see you again. Energy flow in an ecosystem is typically unidirectional and non-cyclic, moving from producers to consumers. • Producers (autotrophs, mainly photosynthetic organisms) capture energy from the sun and convert it into chemical energy. • This energy is then transferred to primary consumers (herbivores) when they eat producers. • Secondary consumers (carnivores) obtain energy by eating primary consumers, and tertiary consumers eat secondary consumers. • At each trophic level, a significant portion of energy (about 90%) is lost as heat during metabolic processes, with only about 10% transferred to the next level. • Decomposers (bacteria and fungi) break down dead organic matter from all trophic levels, releasing nutrients back into the ecosystem but not recycling energy. Send me the next one 📸