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Explain in detail the inter-relationship between the food chain and food web.

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  • 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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