With reference to food chains, in ecosystems, consider the following statements: 1. A food chain illustrates the order in which a chain of organisms feed upon each other. 2. Food chains are found within the populations of a species. 3. A food chain illustrates the numbers of each organism which are eaten by others. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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CollectorBabu · Accepted Answer

Correct Answer: 1 only. A food chain in an ecosystem is a community of living and non-living things which depends on each other for food, so statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is incorrect as in food chain energy is transferred from one organism to another for food, so it can exists within species itself, so only statement 1 is correct, so best option is A.

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