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Question
What is a 'food web'? Show its formation.
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Solution
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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