Question

Question 9
Organisms of a higher trophic level which feed on several types of organisms belonging to a lower trophic level constitute the

(a) food web
(b) ecological pyramid
(c) ecosystem
(d) food chain

Answer 1

Option (a) is correct.
A food web (or food cycle) is the natural interconnection of food chains and generally a graphical representation (usually an image) of what-eats-what in an ecological community. Another name for food web is a consumer - resource system.