Food Web


 
 
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Food Web

Food Web:

A food chain is a linear arrangement of animals. It does not give a complete picture of the feeding relationships among the different organisms of an ecosystem because many of them eat more than one kind of food. For example, a snake does not eat only mice. It may eat insects, frogs, small birds, etc. Snakes, in turn may be eaten by hawks, eagles, peacocks, owls, etc. Thus, an organism can be a part of many food chains. A food web is a series of interconnected food chains representing the feeding relationships of the organisms within an ecosystem

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Question : 1

A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other is called __________________

Right Option : C
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Question : 2

A group of inter connected food chains is called a ____________________

Right Option : D
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Question : 3

Which of the following are correct .   

(a)  A food web is a series of interconnected food chains representing the feeding relationships of the organisms within an ecosystem.

(b)  In the food web of a grassland ecosystem there are five chains

(c) Food webs help in checking the overpopulation of species.                                                                                                        

Right Option : D
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