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A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web, often starting with an autotroph (such as grass or algae), also called a producer, and typically ending at an apex predator (such as grizzly bears or orcas), detritivore (such as earthworms and woodlice), or decomposer (such as fungi or bacteria).

A food chain differs from a food web as a food chain follows a direct linear pathway of consumption and energy transfer. Natural interconnections between food chains make a food web, which are non-linear and depict interconnecting pathways of consumption and energy transfer.

Food chain - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia