Distinguish between food chain and food web.
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| Food chain | Food web |
| $1$. It is a straight sequence of organisms which depicts 'who eats whom'. | $1$. It is a complex network of many food chains existing in an ecosystem. |
| $2$. Food chain does not have any cross linkages. | $2$. Food web has many cross linkages. |
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