Question

In general, the food web consists of producers, consumers, and decomposers.
(a) True
(b) False
(c) Either
(d) Neither

Answer 1

Hint: The natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what- eats- what in an ecological community is a food web.

Complete answer:
- In a group, the food web reflects feeding relationships. It also involves the transfer to carnivores of food energy from its source in plants through herbivores
- Food webs typically consist of a variety of food chains meshed together,
- Autotrophs (producers) produce organic matter from inorganic substances, including both minerals and gases such as carbon dioxide, to sustain, grow, develop, and reproduce their bodies.
- Main consumers are considered the creatures that eat the primary producers. Herbivores (plant- eaters) are typically the primary consumers, although they may eat algae or bacteria.
Secondary consumers are considered the ones that eat the primary consumers. Meat- eaters are usually secondary consumers (carnivores) .
Tertiary consumers are called organisms that consume secondary consumers. There are carnivore- eating carnivores, such as large fish or eagles.
- The Food Web provides a significant tool for examining the ecological interactions that characterize the relationship between energy flows and predator- prey.
- Food web displays all the trophic (eating- related) interactions between different organisms in an ecosystem
- Food platforms typically do not display decomposers. Yet, all habitats need ways to recycle waste and dead materials. That means there are still decomposers present, even if they don't get a lot of coverage.
 So, the correct answer is ‘(a) True’.

 Note:
- For decomposers, which metabolize and convert their energy to heat via cellular respiration, the feces and unconsumed, dead organisms become food.
- Decomposers are present at every trophic level, so they are ultimately part of a food web.