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प्रश्न
“The pyramid of biomass is not always upright.” Explain the statement.
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उत्तर
(i) The pyramid of biomass in sea is generally inverted because the biomass of fishes far exceeds than that of phytoplanktons.
(ii) The pyramid of biomass in terrestrial ecosystems are upright because producers are more in biomass than in herbivores, herbivores are more in biomass than in carnivores.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why the pyramid of energy is always upright? Explain.
In a food chain, the herbivores are represented by
(A) producers
(B) primary consumers
(C) secondary consumers
(D) decomposers
Which organisms constitute the last trophic level?
Explain with the help of labelled diagrams, the difference between an upright pyramid of biomass and an inverted pyramid of biomass.
Which one of the following is not used for construction of ecological pyramids?
Which one of the following statements for pyramid of energy is incorrect, whereas the remaining three are correct?
Pyramid of biomass in terrestrial ecosystem shows sharp decline in
Pyramid of numbers is ______.
A graphic representation of the biomass relationship between the producer and consumer in an ecosystem is called ______.
Give a scientific reason:
The pyramid of energy is always upright.
