Give two differences between food chain and food web.
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food chain:-A food chain is a basic network that shows the linear flow of nutrients and energy from one trophic level to another.
food web:-A food web is a multitude of food chains that are interconnected at many trophic levels.
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The main difference between food chain and web are as follows:-
1) Food chain is a single path of plants and animals so that they eat each other and energy flows accordingly while food web is a collection of many food chains.
2) Food chains shows only one chain of connected plants and animals with their food habits while food web shows the various different plants and animals in an ecosystem.
3)Food chain is a model of plants and animals which shows the flow of energy among organisms while food web is a connection between food chains and what species eat them.
4) Food chain has no effect on improving the adaptability and competitiveness of organisms while food web improves them.
5) The food chain is the pattern that energy uses to transmit to producers to decomposers while food web is a series of related food chains displaying the movement of energy.