Question

Statement 1: A network of food chains existing together in an ecosystem is known as a food web.

Statement 2: Birds like kite cannot be a part of a food web.

• A. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1.
• B. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct and statement 2 is not the explanation of statement 1.
• C. Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect.
• D. Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect.

Food web is a network of interconnected food chain operational in an ecosystem. The image below represents the food web in a grassland ecosystem.
Here, kite is a predator in more than one food chain making it an integral part of the web. Kite eats shrew as well as the snake which are parts of two different food chains.