All of the interconnected and overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up a _______

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All of the interconnected and overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up a food web.

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Q. Assertion (A): Food chains interconnected together in an ecosystem is known as a food web

Reason (R): Food webs disrupt the stability of an ecosystem

Q. You have read about food chains in this chapter. Each living thing is a part of multiple food chains – for example, grass is a part of the food chain: grass → grasshopper → frog → snake → eagle, and also of the food chain: grass → deer → tiger.
All of the interconnected and overlapping food chains in a habitat make up a food web.

See the given food web and answer these questions.
1. From the food web, construct two different food chains, each with four links.
2. If all the eagles were killed, what would happen to the number of

a. squirrels?
b. earthworms?

Assertion: A network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem is known as a food web.
Reason: Animals like kite cannot be a part of a food web.

Q. Food webs consist of many interconnected food chains and a realistic representation of feeding relationships in ecosystems.

Statement 1 (S1): A network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem is known as a food web.
Statement 2 (S2): Animals like kite cannot be a part of a food web.

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