Question

A food chain includes ___________.

• A. Producers and herbivores
• B. Producers, carnivores, decomposers
• C. Producers and decomposers
• D. Producers, herbivores, carnivores

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Producers, herbivores, carnivores

The correct option is D.
Explanation of the correct option:

1. A food chain is the arrangement of living species in a community in which one organism consumes another to transfer food energy.
2. In other words, the transfer of food energy from the producers(plants) through a series of organisms(herbivores, carnivores) is known as the food chain.
3. It can be explained by taking the example of a food chain in a grassland ecosystem-
4. The grass is eaten by insects, which in turn are taken by the frog, the snake, and the hawk in a sequential arrangement based on the food habits.
   Grass⇢ Insects⇢ frogs⇢snake⇢hawk