Question

Give scientific reason.

The various food chains in the ecosystem maintain the environmental balance.

Answer 1

1. Food chain is a definite sequence of interaction between producers, consumers and decomposers (saprophytes).
2. Existence of producers, consumers and decomposers is interlinked.
3. If number of any of these increases or decreases the ecological balance is disturbed.
   Therefore, the various food chains in the ecosystem maintain the environmental balance.