What type of pyramid shows energy flow through an ecosystem?

Answer 1

An energy pyramid portrays the flow of energy by displaying the plants at the bottom, who get the most energy from the sun, and then gradually moving up to herbivores as it shows the transferal of energy from the plants to the herbivores and how the amount of energy received is significantly less than the original amount. The pyramid then shows how energy is passed from carnivore to carnivore and decreases in amount each time. The pyramid gets smaller as you reach the top of the food chain because not as much energy can be acquired by eating an animal that has eaten another animal that has eaten a plant that received energy from the sun. The energy decreases as it is passed from one creature to the next and the pyramid depicts this as it gets smaller toward the top.

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Answer 2

An energy pyramid explains the flow of energy in a community because the most energy is at the bottom and the least at the top. The most organisms are at the bottom.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

They show that the energy decreases as you move up the pyramid at each trophic level, since the bar thing gets shorter, hence forming a pyramid shape.

Answer 5

because it flows like a pyramid

Answer 6

pyramid of energy