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Question
Why do feeding relationships in a food web form a series of branching lines instead of a straight line?
Options
Human beings occupy the lowest trophic level.
Food chains operate as isolated sequences in natural conditions.
Energy captured by autotrophs reverts back to solar input.
An organism is generally eaten by multiple kinds of organisms, which are in turn consumed by several others.
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Solution
An organism in a food web can be eaten by multiple kinds of organisms. Those organisms may also be consumed by several others, producing branching lines.
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