A food chain shows a single, linear path of energy transfer (who eats whom), while a food web illustrates the complex, interconnected network of multiple food chains in an ecosystem, offering a more realistic view of feeding relationships and energy flow between various organisms. Both demonstrate how energy moves from producers (plants) to consumers (herbivores, carnivores, omnivores) and ultimately to decomposers, but food webs highlight the multiple links and interdependencies, showing that m