Answer» - Interaction go on continuously between producers, consumers and decomposers.
- There is a definite sequence in these interactions which is called the food chain.
- Each chain consists of four, five or more links.
- An ecosystem consists of many food chains that are interconnected at various levels.
- Thus, a food web is formed. An organism may be the prey for many other organisms.
- For example, an insect feeds upon leaves of various plants but the same insect is the prey for different animals like frog, wall lizard, birds, etc.
- Thus, many food chains interconnected together form an intricate web called as food web.
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