A series of organisms feeding on one another at various biotic levels form a

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A food chain is a sequential chain of species that begins with a producer continues to a consumer and ends with a decomposer. Most food chains begin with plants and end with decomposers such as saprophytes. Hence a food chain links organisms belonging to different biotic level which adepend on each other for their food requirement.

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Q. Assertion [A]: Food webs are formed because of complex feeding relationships among organisms.

Reason [R]: Most organisms feed at one or more trophic levels in a food chain.

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Reason [R]: Most organisms feed at one or more trophic levels in a food chain.

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