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Which of the following best explains why the number of organisms at each level decreases while moving up the energy pyramid?
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∙ 12y ago
because the larger animals higher up the energy pyramid require more food and energy therefore the population of the species below it can support less of the larger species.
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∙ 13y ago
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BECAUSE SUP PEEPS
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∙ 13y agoWell it depends on what type of place your talking about such as rainforest's, etc. Most animals decrease on the food chain because of either the extinction, or because they cant survive either through weather or because of a little limit on food.
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∙ 15y agoBecause theres not an many big animals as there are small....an ex. You see more rabbits then you do wolves.
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∙ 14y agoThe amount of energy decreases at each level so a smaller number of organisms can be supported at each level.
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∙ 12y agoThe animals at each level use energy, so only a small amount of their energy is available to the next level.
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Which part on the energy pyramid has the highest amount of energy?
At the bottom. The amount of energy being passed on decreases as the pyramid goes up. For example, if the pyramid had 5 flowers on the bottom, 3 rabbits in the middle, and a hawk on top, the most energy would be with the flowers, and least passed on to the hawk.
What is the energy pyramid of gazelle?
no. you are a pyramid of gazelle.
What is a food piramid?
a food pyramid is like a food chain but in a shape of a pyramid
Who is the top consumer in an ecological pyramid?
humans are the top predator in the ecological pyramid.
What quality does a pyramid of biomass express?
Biomass pyramids show how much biomass is present in the organisms at each trophic level. In other words, the weight at each level.
Why are the numbers of organisms smaller at high levels of an energy pyramid?
The energy pyramid shows how the amount of useful energy, food, decreases as organisms in that level use it. Even though a lot of energy may be taken in at any level, more energy in the form of food that is available to the next level, is stored on the bottom level and decreases at each level as you move to the top of the pyramid. Thus, there is much less energy to support organisms at the top, so there are fewer in most communities.
What happens to the number of organisms as you move from the bottom of an energy pyramid to the top?
The number of higher-level consumers (higher in the pyramid) usually decreases, as they typically consume more than one prey.
Why is an energy pyramid shaped as a pyramid?
This is because the farther up you go in the energy pyramid the energy decreases.
What happens to the relative number of organisms as you move up an ecological pyramid?
As you more up the ecological pyramid, the relative number of organisms present decreases. This means there will be more organisms at the bottom of the pyramid than at the top! At every increasing trophic level (ie primary to secondary to tertiary, etc.), the relative number of organisms will be less as you move up the ecological pyramid! Hope that helps :) Gayyy
What type of pyramid shows energy flow through an ecosystem?
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. Helpful?
What is pyramid of energy?
a pyramid of energy shows how organisms get or produce their food
What happens to the biomass as you move up the biomass pyramid?
It Decreases
What happen to biomass as you move up the biomass pyramid?
It Decreases
What happens to the amount of biomass from the bottom to the top of the pyramid?
it decreases.
What happens to biomass when you move up the biomass pyramid?
It Decreases
Which organisms does the base of an energy pyramid?
Plants represent the base of the Energy Pyramid.
Do the biomass of organisms in a typical ecological pyramid increases at each level?
The biomass of each organism decreases with each level. With less energy at higher trophic levels, there are usually fewer organisms as well. Organisms tend to be larger in size at higher trophic levels, but their smaller numbers result in less biomass. Biomass is the total mass of organisms at a trophic level.
