Question

Why is a food web more realistic way of portraying an ecosystem than a food chain?

(a) Because it shows the relation of organisms with each other in a habitat

(b) Because food chains use only a small sampling of organisms

(c) Because it doesn’t shows the relation of organisms with each other in a habitat

(d) Because it compares the number of consumers to the number of micro-organisms.

I have been asked this question in final exam.

I want to ask this question from Food Webs topic in portion Ecosystems of Energy Management

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) Because it shows the relation of organisms with each other in a habitat

Explanation: Food web is more realistic due to the fact that we can add more organisms into the mix and show how they interact with each other in an ecosystem. In food chain we are just doing a small segment of about three or four animals in a basic food chain.