Difference Between Food Chain And Food Web

Food Web = (Food Chain + Food Chain) + Food Chain

Food Chain	Food Web
It refers to a natural system by which energy is transmitted from one organism to another.	It consists of a number of interconnected food chains.
It does not have any effect on improving the adaptability and competitiveness of the organism.	Food webs improve the adaptability and competitiveness of the organism.
Member of higher trophic level feed upon a single type of organism.	Member of higher trophic level feed upon many organisms.
Example- Carrots ---> rabbit --> snake --> eagle.	Example- A hawk might also eat a mouse, a squirrel, a frog or some other animal. The snake may eat a beetle, a caterpillar, or some other animal. And so on for all the other animals in the food chain.