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Download Solution PDFIn a food web hyenas and vultures are
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Option 3 : Scavengers
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- Food chain - is a linear sequence of flow of energy takes place between different organisms that are related to each other by the food they consume.
- Food web - is an interconnection of different food chains in an ecosystem.
- Both food chains and food webs outline who eats whom in an ecosystem.
- The organisms are classified into different categories according to their feeding order.
- Producers - synthesize food from solar energy. This covers all photosynthesizing plants and algae.
- Primary consumers - come immediately after producers and comprise herbivores that feed on the producers directly.
- Secondary consumers - feed on primary consumers and hence comprise of carnivores.
- Decomposers - break down dead, decaying organisms into simpler inorganic substances. E.g. - Fungi.
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- Scavengers - are carnivorous organisms that feed on the dead and decaying flesh of an animal.
- They differ from other carnivores because they do not hunt.
- Examples - Vultures, Hyenas, Jackals, Crows.
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- There are two main types of food chains:
- Grazing - These food chains start with the producers and are the major system of energy flow in aquatic ecosystems.
- Detritus - The starting point is dead organic matter from other food chains and is the major energy flow system in terrestrial ecosystems.
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