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Explain why an energy pyramid is used o represent the amount of energy at each trophic level?
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∙ 9y ago
Because a pyramid of energy distribution can be an example of numbers of organisms in a population, energy distribution, and a measure of biomass per level.
The base of the pyramid or triangle is the largest, and usually represents plants and autotrophs. Because is is the largest, there are the most organisms, most energy, and most biomass. As you go higher up the pyramid or triangle, the shape gets smaller which represents the number of total organisms getting smaller, the amount of energy getting smaller and the amount of biomass getting smaller.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoTrophic levels are the feeding position in a food chain such as primary producers, herbivore, primary carnivore, etc. Green plants form the first trophic level, the producers. Herbivores form the second trophic level, while carnivores form the third and even the fourth trophic levels. In this section we will discuss what is meant by food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids.
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∙ 15y agoLook at a food chain pyramid and look at what represents each level.
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∙ 10y agoThis pyramid shape is used as a visual aid so that a student can understand quickly how much in each lower level is required to support the next higher level.
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What the most energy efficient part of a trophic pyramid?
It is the part that has the least amount of energy in the trophic pyramid. An owl or skunk would be an example of this.
What the total amount of organic matter present in any trophic level?
Biomass pyramid
How does the amount of energy change from the lower level of an energy pyramid to the next higher level?
I know the answer but i don't know how to explain it. But I can tell you that I found the answer on this website: http:/users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/F/FoodChains.html
What is the advantage of using a biomass or energy pyramid rather than a pyramid of numbers?
Not all organisms have the same mass. Consider 1 whale versus 5,000 plankton - the whale has much greater mass, but only 0.1% of the total number of organisms. When you compare mass, you get a better idea of how much energy is actually available at that trophic level. Basically, they are better to understand.
What does a biomass pyramid present?
Biomass - the total dry weight of the organisms in a trophic levelBiomass Pyramid - a diagram showing the biomass at each trophic level of a food chainA pyramid of biomass shows energy lost in each trophic level while a pyramid of numbers shows the numbers of the organisms in each trophic level
What is trophic mass?
I would assume it to be the amount of mass in a specific trophic level. Thus, the trophic mass pyramid.
What the most energy efficient part of a trophic pyramid?
It is the part that has the least amount of energy in the trophic pyramid. An owl or skunk would be an example of this.
Which type of pyramid shows the amount of living tissue at trophic level in an ecosystem?
a biomass pyramid
What would biomass tell us that a pyramid of numbers wouldn't?
A pyramid of numbers will only tell you the amount of organisms at each trophic level. A Biomass pyramid ignores the amount of organisms in favour of their biomass (dry weight) which in turn represents the amount of energy available at each trophic level.
What the total amount of organic matter present in any trophic level?
Biomass pyramid
The number of trophic levels in an ecological pyramid?
The number is limited by the amount of energy lost at each trophic level. Most cannot exceed 5.
What does a pyramid of energy show about the amount of energy available at different trophic levels of a food chain?
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What does a pyramid of energy show about the amount of energy available at different trophic levels of food chain?
4
In what trophic level of an energy pyramid will you find the highest amount of toxins accumulate?
in the third level consumer because the toxins had been transferred to it
How does the amount of energy change from the lower level of an energy pyramid to the next higher level?
I know the answer but i don't know how to explain it. But I can tell you that I found the answer on this website: http:/users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/F/FoodChains.html
What is the advantage of using a biomass or energy pyramid rather than a pyramid of numbers?
Not all organisms have the same mass. Consider 1 whale versus 5,000 plankton - the whale has much greater mass, but only 0.1% of the total number of organisms. When you compare mass, you get a better idea of how much energy is actually available at that trophic level. Basically, they are better to understand.
Why is ecological pyramid shaped like a pyramid?
A graphical model that is shaped like a pyramid to show how the energy flows through a food chain, how the amount of energy is decreasing and becoming less available for organisms as it enters each trophic level, and how much of the energy in the ecosystem is lost to the atmosphere as heat.
