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With reference to food chains in ecosystems, consider the following statements

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?

(a)

1 only

(b)

1 and 2 only

(c)

1, 2 and 3

(d)

None

Answer:

(a)

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Explanation

A food chain is the sequence of who eats whom in a biological community (an ecosystem) to obtain nutrition.Tikdam: