Question

The basic unit of the food chain is animals.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Food chain:

1. A food chain is the arrangement of living species in a community in which one organism consumes another to transfer food energy.
2. In other words, the transfer of energy from the plants through a chain of organisms is termed the food chain. Thus, plants are the basic unit of the food chain.
3. It can be explained by taking the example of a food chain in a grassland ecosystem.
4. The grass is eaten by insects, which in turn are taken by the frog, the snake, and the hawk in a sequential arrangement based on the food habits.
   Grass⇢ Insects⇢ frogs⇢snake⇢hawk

Final answer:
The given statement is false.