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प्रश्न
What is a 'food web'? Show its formation.
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उत्तर
The inter-connected food chains operating in an ecosystem that establish a network of relationships among various species comprise a food web.
A food web is formed by many food chains operating together. A food web operating in a grassland is shown in the figure.
Five food chains are possible in this food web, which are as follows.
1) Grass→ Grasshopper→ Frog→ Hawk
2) Grass→Grasshopper→ Rat→ Fox
3) Grass→ Rabbit→ Fox
4) Grass→ Rat → Snake→Hawk
5) Grass→Rat →Hawk
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In a food chain of frog, grass, insect and snake, assign trophic level to frog.
List two important roles play in the environment by decomposers.
What is biological magnification?
Why are plants called producers?
The following statement is true or false :
In biology, human beings are called producers.
What are the various steps of food chain called?
Fill in the following blank with suitable word :
A series of organisms, each of which feeds on the next organism, the beginning of which is a green plant, is called a .............
Name one decomposer.
Consider the food chain :
Grass → Deer → Lion
What will happen if all the lions are removed from the above food chain?
Write down a food chain in the sea.
Which of the following is not a producer?
(a) grass
(b) zooplankton
(c) phytoplankton
(d) paddy
The sea water contains water beetles, tadpole, fish and weeds.
Write a food chain comprising all the given organisms.
The sea water contains water beetles, tadpole, fish and weeds.
Which organisms are (i) predators, and (ii) prey?
The sea water contains water beetles, tadpole, fish and weeds.
Which organisms can trap solar energy to make food?
Consider the following food chain
(i) Plants → Mice → Snakes → Hawks
(ii) Plants → Mice →Hawks
If energy available at the producer level in both the food chains is 100 J, in which case will hawks get more energy as food and by how much? Justify your answer.:
The ten per cent law is associated with
(a) transfer of energy from various trophic levels to decomposers in a food chain
(b) transfer of ATP energy into muscular energy
(c) transfer of chemical energy from one organism to another
(d) transfer of sun's energy to the organisms called producers.
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- Why is the maximum concentration of pesticides found in human beings? (1)
- Give one method which could be applied to reduce our intake of pesticides through food to some extent. (1)
- Various steps in a food chain represent: (1)
- Food web
- Trophic level
- Ecosystem
- Biomagnification
- With regard to various food chains operating in an ecosystem, man is a: (1)
- Consumer
- Producer
- Producer and consumer
- Producer and decomposer
Arrange the following in a correct sequence and form a food chain
Rabbit → Carrot → Eagle → Snake
The food chain begins with the energy given by the ______.
Use of several pesticides which results in excessive accumulation of pesticides in rivers of ponds, is a matter of deep concern. Justify this statement.
