Food Web
Ecosystem, Food Chain, & Examples
food web, a complex network of interconnecting and overlapping food chains showing feeding relationships within a community. A food chain shows how matter and energy from food are transferred from one organism to another, whereas a food web illustrates how food chains intertwine in an ecosystem. Food webs also demonstrate that most organisms consume or are consumed by more than one species, which food chains often do not show.
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