Question

What do you understand by the term ‘food web’? Give examples.

Answer 1

The interconnecting network of species is known as food web. A mouse feeding on grain may be eaten by different secondary consumers (carnivores) and these carnivores may be eaten by other different tertiary consumers (top carnivores). In such situations, each of the carnivores may consume more than one type of prey. As a result, the food- chains get interlocked with one another.