Question

Explain in detail the inter-relationship between the food chain and food web.

Answer 1

The energy flow among the various constituent animals is known as the food chain and the length of a food chain depends upon the number of organisms. A food chain represents the relationship between organisms.



Food web or food cycle is the connection between different food chains and represents what species eats what in an ecological system. A food web starts with the producers in ecosystem and then branches off into interconnected food chains that show who eats whom in an ecosystem.