Question

How is a Food Web different than a Food Chain?

Provide an example of a Food Chain.

Answer 1

A food chain follows one path of energy and materials between species. Food webs show how plants and animals are connected in many ways to help them survive

Example: Nectar (flowers) ——> butterflies ——> small birds ——>foxes

Answer 2

FOOD WEBS show how plants and animals are connected in many ways to help them all survive. FOOD CHAINS follow just one path of energy as animals find food.

eg: A hawk eats a snake, which has eaten a frog, which has eaten a grasshopper, which has eaten grass.