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Explain in detail the inter-relationship between the food chain and food web.
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- A food web is an interconnection of food chains.
- Food chain is a linear pathway through which the nutritional energy flows.
- In a food chain the primary source is the sun, the producers make food, which are in turn consumed by animals and it ends with the top predators.
- Eg- grass → grasshopper → frog → snake → eagle.
- Many linear network of food chains are linked in a food web.
- Therefore, food web is a series of organisms related by consumer-resource and predator-prey interactions.
- A food web is an interconnection of food chains.
- Food chain is a linear pathway through which the nutritional energy flows.
- In a food chain the primary source is the sun, the producers make food, which are in turn consumed by animals and it ends with the top predators.
- Eg- grass → grasshopper → frog → snake → eagle.
- Many linear network of food chains are linked in a food web.
- Therefore, food web is a series of organisms related by consumer-resource and predator-prey interactions.
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