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Environmental scientists look at pollution and other environmental problems and come up with solutions.

They figure out what is in the air, water, and soil to make sure that the environment is safe. They also give advice on how to clean the environment. For example, they might design a safe way to get rid of trash. Some of these workers mix environmental science with other sciences, such as chemistry or biology. Environmental chemists find out if different chemicals hurt the environment. Environmental biologists focus on protecting animals and plants. Some environmental scientists help to make laws about protecting the environment. They also help companies follow the laws.

Environmental scientists sometimes work long hours. Some must travel to work in the field. They might dig dirt, chip rocks, or do other physical things. Scientists who look for oil often work in foreign countries. In addition to doing science, many of these workers write reports and help find money for their projects.
environmentalism
1. Advocacy for or work toward protecting the natural environment from destruction or pollution. 2. The theory that environment rather than heredity is the primary influence on intellectual growth and cul

A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring

A food web is a graphical description of feeding relationships among species in an ecological community, that is, of who eats whom (Fig. 1). It is also a means of showing how energy and materials (e.g., carbon) flow through a community of species as a result of these feeding relationships. Typically, species are connected by lines or arrows called "links", and the species are sometimes referred to as "nodes" in food web diagrams.

A food chain is a linear consequence of links in a food web starting from a species that eats no other species in the web and ends at a species that is eaten by no other species in the web. A food chain differs from a food web, because the complex polyphagous network of feeding relations are aggregated into trophic species and the chain only follows linear monophagous pathways. A common metric used to quantify food web trophic structure is food chain length. In its simplest form, the length of a chain is the number of links between a trophic consumer and the base of the web and the mean chain length of an entire web is the arithmetic average of the lengths of all chains in a food web.[1][2] Food chains were first introduced by the African-Arab scientist and philosopher Al-Jahiz in the 9th century and later popularized in a book published in 1927 by Charles Elton, which also introduced the food web concept.[3][4][5]

environmentalist
Pronunciation: (en-v"run-men'tl-ist, -v"urn-), [key] n. 1. an expert on environmental problems. 2. any person who advocates or works to protect the air, water, animals, plants, and other natural resources from pollution or its effects. 3. a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, esp. in moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by environmental factors, as surroundings, upbringing, or experience (opposed tohereditarian).

community
[kuh-myoo-ni-tee] Show IPA noun, plural communities. 1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government , and oftenhave a common cultural and historical heritage. 2. a locality inhabited by such a group. 3. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or intere sts andperceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society w ithin which it exists(usually preceded by the ): the business community; the community of sch olars. 4. a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the comm unity ofWestern Europe. 5. Ecclesiastical . a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.

What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?


Answer: A food chain is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. An example could be a forest foodchain. The bear is the top of the food chain.Tthe bear eats a coyote. The coyote ate the rabbit. The rabbit ate the grass. Since the grass can't technically eat anything, it's the bottom of the food chain and the food chain ends.

Bear ^ Coyote ^ Rabbit ^ Grass

COMMENTS : Above given description of food chain is wrong as food chain begins at first trophic level grass and ends at top carnivore .

A food web consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem. It's basically more than one food chain coming together. An example could be a forest food chain again because a food web starts out with a food chain. The bear is the top again. The bear eats the coyote. The coyote ate the rabbit BUT it ALSO ate the bird. Then, because the coyote ate more than one animal, the foodchain splits creating a food web. The rabbit ate the grass and the bird ate the fruit and then it ends. Comments : All food webs also start with producers and end at top carnivores .

Bear ^ Coyote ^

Rabbit Deer ^^ Grass Fruit

So the differences would be that a food chain is a single chain but a food web is more than one food chains put together.

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A food web consists of one part of a food web. For example a food web would be: Carrot- Rabbit- Fox- Worm/ Decomposer. A food web is multiple food webs together. The multiple food chains 'web' together forming a food web.

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Food chain is the feeding relationships among organisms and Food web is the the interlocking food chains within an ecological community

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A food chain shows the feeding relationships among organisms. A food web is a series of interconnected food chains.

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The food chain is the most threatening predator to the most weakest prey e.g humans are top of the food chain, because we can get food and nothing can stop us, but worms are nearly at the bottom because they can easily get killed and there is not much that they can do about it.

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The difference between a food chain and a food web is that a chain is a single strand of different levels of energy transfers, where as a food web will show the many food chains in a particular ecosystem such as a forest. Below is more detail about each. Food chain A food chain is the hierarchy of consumption of food from Sun to Plant to Herbivore (1st level consumer) to carnivore (2nd and higher level consumers). It acknowledges only one single string of connected plants/animals.

Food Web A food web is a diagram showing the various different plants and animals in an ecosystem in relation to each other. It encompasses many consumers of each different level, acknowledging that one predator may eat several different kinds of prey, and that one kind of prey may be eaten by several kinds of predators. There are many food chains within a food web, and one creature is not necessarily at the top of the hierarchy.

A food chain tells the order of the food from the largest living thing to the smallest.A food web shows the actual group of living things in an environment AND what they eat! A food chain is simply a chain of single animals and their predators in a line. A food web, howerer, is much more detailed as it has more then one predator or prey attached to it. So a caterpillar could be attached to a finch or mantis

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