EBK HUMAN BIOLOGY
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Author: MCMILLAN
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 24, Problem 4RQ
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To explain: The differences between a food chain and a food web in an ecosystem.
Introduction: All the organisms interact with each other and with the environment in order to survive. The branch of science that deals with the study of the interaction of organisms and nature is termed as ecology.
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