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What is the significance of food chain?


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The significance of the food chain is:

  1. The study of the food chain helps to understand the feeding relationships and the interaction between the organisms and the ecosystem.
  2. It helps to understand the mechanism of energy flow and the process of circulation of matter in an ecosystem.
  3. It helps to understand the flow of toxins along the different trophic levels resulting in biomagnification.

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