CBSE Class 10 Answered

Food Chain

Food web

It refers to a natural system by which energy is transmitted from one organism to another

It consists of a number of interconnected food chains.

Member of higher trophic level feed upon a single type of organism

Member of higher trophic level feed upon many organisms

It does not have any effect on improving the adaptability and competitiveness of the organism.

Food webs improves the adaptability and competitiveness of the organism.

Example- Carrots ---> rabbit --> snake --> eagle 

Example- A hawk might also eat a mouse, a squirrel, a frog or some other animal. The snake may eat a beetle, a caterpillar, or some other animal. And so on for all the other animals in the food chain.