The number of steps in a food chain can never be more than

Question

(i) Four

(ii) Five

(iii) Six

(iv) Seven

Answer 1

There are 4 steps in food chain. The other organisms in the food chain are consumers – they all get their energy and biomass by consuming (eating) other organisms. Most food chains are quite short, and they rarely consist of more than four steps. This is because a lot of energy is lost at each step.