What's the difference between a food web and a food chain?
A food web is several food chains to show what organisms consumer what in an ecosystem, while a food chain shows how energy is passed around an ecosystem through the consuming of organisms.
An example of a simple food web is shown below.(And yes, a killer whale CAN eat a shark :O)
A food web is several food chains to show what organisms consumer what in an ecosystem, while a food chain shows how energy is passed around an ecosystem through the consuming of organisms.
An example of a simple food web is shown below.(And yes, a killer whale CAN eat a shark :O)