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Question
Which of the following group of organisms are not constituents of a food chain?
- grass, lion, rabbit, wolf
- plankton, man, fish, grasshopper
- wolf, grass, snake, tiger
- frog, snake, eagle, grass, grasshopper
Options
(i) and (iii)
(iii) and (iv)
(ii) and (iii)
(i) and (iv)
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Solution
(ii) and (iii)
Explanation:
A food chain is a sequence of living organisms in a community or ecosystem, in which one organism is consumed the other.
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