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The answer depends on what you would like to know. If you want to know how diverse an ecosystem is, then you need to look at the food web. This will also show you the feeding relationships between all the species in the ecosystem.
If however you are interested in how efficient energy transport is in a system, or would like to know how stable a system is likely to be, a food chain is going to give you a better idea.
In short: Food Webs give you a bird's eye view of all the species in the system you are studying. Food Chains give you a single pathway that indicates how many trophic levels there are in a food web.
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What is a difference between a food chain and a food web?
the difference is that a food chain is smaller then a food web because a food web is more animals then a food chain
Why is food web more realistic than a food chain?
Food webs and food chains are different things, but a food web is a more accurate representation of most animals' diet. A food chain is simply a line of one of each type of animal, so it might have one producer, one primary consumer, one secondary consumer etc, whilst a web is more complex, and represents more animals. For example: Food Chain: Cabbage-->snail-->Thrush-->sparrowhawk Food Web: http://www.bigelow.org/edhab/fitting_algae.html (pictures and more info here)
Why does a food web tell more about an ecosystem than a food chain?
Because the food web contains2 and more food chains
What information can you get from a food web the you cannot get from a food chain?
its just a more complicated form of a food chain
Why is a food web better then a food chain in terms of what eats the organism and what does the oraganism eat?
The term 'food web' is better than 'food chain' because the food web shows more paths of what an organism can eat, while the food chain only focuses on one path.
What information can you get from a food web?
From a food web you can see which animals eat others, it is a lot like a food CHAIN but a web shows lots more animals, and can be more complicated.
How does a food differ from food chain?
[science]a food web is more ways a consumer or proudecer is eatin and food chain shows little ways
Is a cheetah in a food chain or web?
food web
Every food chain and food web transfers into?
every food web and food chain transfers into radient energy:)
How are a are a food chain and a food web alike?
the food chain and food web has someone or something eating each other.
How does food wed differ from food chain?
[science]a food web is more ways a consumer or proudecer is eatin and food chain shows little ways
How does food wed different from a food chain?
[science]a food web is more ways a consumer or proudecer is eatin and food chain shows little ways
