Question

What is a network of food chains interconnecting at various trophic levels and representing feeding relationships within a community called?

(a) Food web

(b) Decomposers

(c) Herbivores

(d) Food industry

I had been asked this question in an online interview.

Question is from Ecosystem topic in section Ecosystem of Biology – Class 12

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) Food web

Explanation: A network of food chains interconnecting at various trophic levels and representing feeding relationships within a community is called a food web. Food webs are formed because of interdependency such that an animal feeds on a plant or on another animal and in turn, becomes food for another.