With reference to food chains in ecosystems, consider the following statements : 1. A food chain illustrates the order in which a chain of organisms feeds upon each other. 2. Food chains are found within the populations of a species. 3. A food chain illustrates the numbers of each organism which are eaten by others. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Environment & Ecology

Prelims 2013

With reference to food chains in ecosystems, consider the following statements :

A food chain illustrates the order in which a chain of organisms feeds upon each other.
Food chains are found within the populations of a species.
A food chain illustrates the numbers of each organism which are eaten by others.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Explanation

Food chain, in ecology, is the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism.

Food chains are not found within the populations of a species, because technically, the food chain is the sequence of organisms through which the energy flows.
Food chains intertwine locally into a food web because most organisms consume more than one type of animal or plant.

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