Foodchains and foodwebs

Question 1

There are two other components in the ecosystem, too. Do you know what they are?

Answer 1

Food chain and

Food web

Question 2

What is a food chain?

Answer 2

The continuous flow of energy from one animal to another in a single direction is called a foodchain

Question 3

Some examples of foodchains

Answer 3

Foodchain in a Grassland:
Grass -> mouse -> snake -> eagle

Foodchain in a forest
Grass -> deer -> tiger

Foodchain in a pond
phytoplankton -> insects -> small fish ->big fish -> man

Question 4

What is a foodweb?

Answer 4

A group of interlinked foodchains is called a foodweb

Question 5

What will happen if one species in the foodchain gets extinct?

Answer 5

The entire foochain will get affected

Question 6

Can there be only one foodchain in a ecosystem?If not what is it called?

Answer 6

No. A single foodchain may not exist seperately in a ecosytem. A eagle may eat a snake and a mouse and the snake can eat a frog too. This group of interlinked food chains is called an ecosystem.