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Question
Write the importance of the food chain.
Solution
Importance of food chain
- Learning the food chain helps us to understand the feeding relationship and interaction between organisms in any ecosystem.
- Understanding the food chain also helps us to appreciate the energy flow and nutrient circulation in an ecosystem.
- This is important because pollution impacts the ecosystem. The food chain can be used to understand the movement of toxic substances and their impacts.
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