Food Web

Food web can be defined as network of animals which are dependent on each other, in nature there is no any concept that one herbivore can eat only one type of plant but it can eat variety of plants, so single linear chain is not possible, that means every organism eat different variety of food. So when many types of food chain linked up with each other called as food web. It is a connection of animals to get their food.

As depicted in diagram, Rabbit can eat both carrot and grasses, similarly Grasshoppers can eat grasses and grains. Fox can eat to rabbit and birds, in the similar way owl can eat mice and grasshoppers. Therefore every component of food chain is inter-connected to each other.

Question and answers:

1.) Define food web.

Answer: Food web can be defined as network of animals which are dependent on each other.

2.) How food chain differs food web ?

Answer:Food web can be defined as network of animals which are dependent on each other, in nature there is no any concept that one herbivore can eat only one type of plant but it can eat variety of plants, so single linear chain is not possible, that means every organism eat different variety of food. So when many types of food chain linked up with each other called as food web. It is a connection of animals to get their food.

3.) Give one example of food web.

Answer:Rabbit can eat both carrot and grasses, similarly Grasshoppers can eat grasses and grains. Fox can eat to rabbit and birds, in the similar way owl can eat mice and grasshoppers. Therefore every component of food chain is inter-connected to each other.

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