Which statement best contrasts food chains and food webs? Food webs show a single path of energy in an ecosystem, and food chains show all the overlapping food chains in that ecosystem. Food chains show a single path of energy in an ecosystem, and food webs show all the overlapping food chains in that ecosystem. Food webs show the path of energy in an ecosystem, and food chains show the path of nutrients in that ecosystem. Food chains show the path of energy in an ecosystem, and food webs show the path of nutrients in that ecosystem.