Question

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.

• A. Both S1 and S2 are True.
• B. Only S2 is True.
• C. Only S1 is True.
• D. Both S1 and S2 are False.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Only S1 is True.

The process of transfer of energy from producers through a series of organisms.i.e from primary consumers to secondary consumers to tertiary consumers by the process of eating and being eaten constitute a food chain, eg. grassland ecosystem. Food chains can never occur independently in an ecosystem but various food chains are interconnected with each other forming an interlocked system known as food web. In grassland ecosystem, food chains may be -
(i) Grass $\to$ Rabbit $\to$ Hawk/Kite
(ii) Grass $\to$ Mouse $\to$ snake $\to$ Kite/Hawk
(iii) Grass $\to$ Grasshopper $\to$ Lizard $\to$ Kite/hawk
So, the food web will include kite.