Food chains and food webs help us understand how energy moves through nature, but they are quite different.

Food Chains:

• They show a straight line of energy flow.
• For example: Grass → Rabbit → Fox
• Each living thing relies on the one before it for energy.

Food Webs:

• They represent a more complicated network made up of many food chains.
• For example: Grass, Rabbits, Foxes, and Snakes all interact with each other.
• They give us a better picture of how energy moves and how living things are connected in nature.

In short, food webs show us how complicated ecosystems are, while food chains make things a bit simpler.