AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A habitat is home to a tangle of food chains called ____
A
food web
B
food chain
C
food pyramid
D
food cycle
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Food chain is a linear sequence of organisms which starts from producer organisms and ends with decomposer species. Food web is a connection of multiple food chains. Food chain follows a single path whereas food web follows multiple paths. From the food chain, we get to know how organisms are connected with each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -group of organisms linked in order of the food they eat, from producers to consumers, and from prey, predators, scavengers, and decomposers. food web. noun. all related food chains in an ecosystem. Also called a food cycle.

Detailed explanation-3: -A habitat is the natural home or environment of a living thing. In a food web, energy and nutrients are passed from one living thing to another. Adaptation is an evolutionary process in which an organism becomes well suited to living in a particular habitat.

Detailed explanation-4: -A food chain outlines who eats whom. A food web is all of the food chains in an ecosystem. Each organism in an ecosystem occupies a specific trophic level or position in the food chain or web. Producers, who make their own food using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, make up the bottom of the trophic pyramid.

Detailed explanation-5: -food web, a complex network of interconnecting and overlapping food chains showing feeding relationships within a community. A food chain shows how matter and energy from food are transferred from one organism to another, whereas a food web illustrates how food chains intertwine in an ecosystem.

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