Question

Draw a food web of a forest.

Answer 1

Hint:A food web is defined as the linkage of many different food chains that gives us an idea about the feeding relationship that one organism has with the other in an ecosystem.

Complete answer:
A forest comprises a complex ecosystem owing to the great variety of trees and organisms that it is composed of. The types of forests differ with respect to the region they are found in. forests are mainly of three types- tropical, temperate and boreal forests. Each of these harbors different kinds of organisms since they comprise different trees and vegetation. The forest food web comprises different components such as- producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, scavengers and decomposers. The producers of the forest ecosystem are trees which are of different varieties, shrubs and also small plants that can produce their own food. The primary consumers include deers, goats, rabbits that depend solely on the producers for their food. The secondary consumers include fox, jackals that feed on primary consumers. The scavengers include vultures, eagles that feed on the secondary consumer. The decomposers include the microbes, insects and mushrooms that feed on dead and decaying substances. The diagram of a food web of a forest is given below.

Note:Knowledge about food webs in general and forest food webs in particular helps us to understand not only the species that inhabit that particular forest but also their relationship with one another. It also helps us get an idea about the trees and general vegetation present in that particular forest.