Question

A food web is more realistic than a food chain for showing the feeding relationships in ecosystems because

A.
producers are usually eaten by many different consumers, and most consumers are eaten by more than one predator.

B.
it compares the number of consumers to the number of micro-organisms in an ecosystem.

C.
a food chain only explains why there are more producers than consumers.

D.
a food chain uses only a large sampling of organisms.

Answer 1

A. producers are usually eaten by many different consumers, and most consumers are eaten by more than one predator.

Explanation: Food webs show the multiple, interconnected feeding relationships and alternative pathways for energy flow in an ecosystem, whereas a food chain shows only a single linear path.