Food Chain:

A food chain may be defined as, The transfer of energy and nutrients through a series of organisms with repeated process of eating and being eaten. Or The sequence of eating and being eaten in an ecosystem Or

A food chain is the path by which energy passes from one living thing to another
In an ecosystem, all the organisms are linked together with one another by food relationship. Each organism living or dead is potential food for some other organism

Food chain in forest Plants ---------- Deer-------------- Tiger or Lions Types: Grazing Food Chain --- Grass and Pond ecosystem Detritus Food Chain --- Grass and forest ecosystem Tropic level: The various steps through which food energy passes in an ecosystem T1 T2- T3- T4 T5

FOOD WEB
The interlocking of various food chain in an ecosystem is known as food web. (Or) Overlapping food chains are called food webs.

Energy flow in food web Grass insects fishes birds tigers Grass insects birds tigers Grass deer tigers Grass insects birds tigers Grass cattles tigers Grass insects fishes birds tigers Grass rats snakes eagles tigers Grass rats eagles tigers

a food web describes this more complex path of energy flow