Food chains differ from food webs in that (i) food chains are single sequence of who eats whom in a community. (ii) food chains better represent the entire community. (iii) food webs represent the complex interaction among food chains. (iv) food chain is the flow of energy in a population.

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Food chains differ from food webs in that (i) food chains are single sequence of who eats whom in a community. (ii) food chains better represent the entire community. (iii) food webs represent the complex interaction among food chains. (iv) food chain is the flow of energy in a population. (A) (i) and (iii) (B) (i) and (iv) (C) (i), (ii) and (iii) (D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

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The transfer of food energy from the producers, through a series of organisms (herbivores to carnivores to decomposers) with repeated eating and being eaten, is known as a food chain. Thus, food chain is the flow of energy in a community. Under natural conditions, the linear arrangement of food chains, hardly occurs and these remain indeed interconnected with each other through different types of organisms at different trophic levels

Q. Food chains differ from food webs in that (i) food chains are single sequence of who eats whom in a community. (ii) food chains better represent the entire community. (iii) food webs represent the complex interaction among food chains. (iv) food chain is the flow of energy in a population.

(i) and (iii)

(i) and (iv)

(i), (ii) and (iii)

(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Q. Food chains differ from food webs in that
(i) food chains are single sequence of who eats whom in a community.
(ii) food chains better represent the entire community.
(iii) food webs represent the complex interaction among food chains.
(iv) food chain is the flow of energy in a population.