alleryStart learning →A grazing food web has which organisms at its base?
AParasitic flatworms
BPhotosynthetic organisms
CDecomposing bacteria
DLarge marine carnivores
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Photosynthetic organisms
1. Food webs are named by what sits at their base.
2. A grazing food web has plants or other photosynthetic organisms at its base.
3. Herbivores and various carnivores follow above them.
4. A detrital food web instead starts with decomposers.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 46 'Ecosystems', sections 46.1-46.3_
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