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Identify the incorrect statement regarding food web
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It is the network of interconnected food chains.
Occurrence of food web provides stability to ecosystem
In a food web, a sparrow could be primary producer or secondary producer.
Food webs operate because of taste preference for particular food and availability of food.

Answer 1

Incorrect statement regarding food web is -

In a food web, a sparrow could be primary producer or secondary producer.

Food web refers to network of food, where energy passes from one organism to another. The only producer in the food web are plants and photosynthetic microbes. They are primary producers.

Secondary producers are the organisms that feed on primary producers and become food of the secondary consumers. These are the organisms feeding on plants directly. This group includes worms.

Sparrow feeds on worms and hence it is secondary consumer. Thus sparrow can be neither primary producer nor secondary producer.

Answer 2

In a food web, a sparrow could be primary producer or secondary producer.

Explanation:

• In a food web, there are producers, consumers, and decomposers. The activities of the primary producers make the primary consumers such as frogs, sparrows, and other primary consumers depend on them for food.

• The secondary consumers like hawks, tigers, and man, etc. These derive their energy from the primary consumers. Hence the sparrow is a consumer and can be further consumed. A sparrow become a secondary consumer when it eats worms etc.

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