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Akanksha Koranga

A food web is a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem. It depicts complex connections between producers, primary consumers, and secondary consumers. Food webs make ecosystems more stable by providing alternative pathways and food sources if populations fluctuate. They also help control overpopulation and facilitate ecosystem development.

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Class-10 Life Science Food Web AKANKSHA INTEGRATED B.SC. B.ED LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY, PHAGWARA
Food Web A food web is a detailed interconnecting diagram that shows the overall food relationships between organisms in a particular environment. It can be described as a "who eats whom" diagram that shows the complex feeding relationships for a particular ecosystem.
Food Web
Characteristics of Food Web
1. Food web, consisting many interlinked food chains.
2. A food web provides alternative pathways of food availability. For example, if a particular species of producer is destroyed by a disease in the ecosystem, the herbivores of that area can feed on other species of producers. Similarly, Secondary consumers (e.g., predatory birds) may feed on rats or mice in the event of decrease in population of rabbits in that area on which they also commonly feed.
3. Greater alternatives available in a food web make the ecosystem more stable. 4. Food webs also help in checking the overpopulation of highly fecundive species of plants and animals. 5. Food webs also help in ecosystem development.
Importance of the Study of Food Webs
Food webs show us how energy moves through an ecosystem from the sun to producers to consumers. This interconnectedness of how organisms are involved in this energy transfer within an ecosystem is a vital element to understanding food webs and how they apply to real-world science. Just as energy can move through an ecosystem, other substances can move through as well. When toxic substances or poisons are introduced into an ecosystem, there can be devastating effects.
Question Find the different food chains forming the following food web.

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  • 1. Class-10 Life Science Food Web AKANKSHA INTEGRATED B.SC. B.ED LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY, PHAGWARA
  • 2. Food Web A food web is a detailed interconnecting diagram that shows the overall food relationships between organisms in a particular environment. It can be described as a "who eats whom" diagram that shows the complex feeding relationships for a particular ecosystem.
  • 5. 1. Food web, consisting many interlinked food chains.
  • 6. 2. A food web provides alternative pathways of food availability. For example, if a particular species of producer is destroyed by a disease in the ecosystem, the herbivores of that area can feed on other species of producers. Similarly, Secondary consumers (e.g., predatory birds) may feed on rats or mice in the event of decrease in population of rabbits in that area on which they also commonly feed.
  • 7. 3. Greater alternatives available in a food web make the ecosystem more stable. 4. Food webs also help in checking the overpopulation of highly fecundive species of plants and animals. 5. Food webs also help in ecosystem development.
  • 8. Importance of the Study of Food Webs
  • 9. Food webs show us how energy moves through an ecosystem from the sun to producers to consumers. This interconnectedness of how organisms are involved in this energy transfer within an ecosystem is a vital element to understanding food webs and how they apply to real-world science. Just as energy can move through an ecosystem, other substances can move through as well. When toxic substances or poisons are introduced into an ecosystem, there can be devastating effects.
  • 10. Question Find the different food chains forming the following food web.