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Because the loss in biomass is so great a percentage from one level to the next, the top bar is just a vertical line to show that it is there but a tiny portion of what the bottom bar started.

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What are the concept of an ecological pyramid?

The ecological pyramid is basically the food chain. So, the producers (plants) are at the bottom, then herbivores (plant eaters), then above them are the omnivores or carnivores, and then the most powerful and top of the food chain animals are at the top of the pyramid.


The total mass of living tissue at each trophic level can be shown bY?

A pyramid of biomass or a pyramid of energy can show the total mass of living tissue at each trophic level. These pyramids illustrate the decreasing amount of biomass or energy available as you move up the food chain, with producers at the base and top-level consumers at the top.


What happen to the amount of biomass from the bottom to the top of pyramid?

In a biomass pyramid, the amount of biomass typically decreases from the bottom to the top. This decline occurs because energy is lost at each trophic level due to factors such as metabolic processes and heat loss, which means that less energy is available to support higher trophic levels. As a result, fewer organisms can be sustained at each successive level, leading to a lower biomass at the top of the pyramid compared to the base.


In an ecological pyramid the biomass of organisms increases at each successive level true or false?

False. In an ecological pyramid, the biomass typically decreases at each successive trophic level. This is due to the loss of energy at each level, primarily through metabolic processes and heat, which results in less biomass available for organisms at higher trophic levels. Therefore, there is generally a greater biomass of producers at the base compared to consumers at the top.


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

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What happens to the amount of biomass from the bottom to the top of the pyramid?

it decreases.


What happens to biomass as you move up its pyramid?

The Biomass decreases as the energy is used up on the way to the "top".


What are the concept of an ecological pyramid?

The ecological pyramid is basically the food chain. So, the producers (plants) are at the bottom, then herbivores (plant eaters), then above them are the omnivores or carnivores, and then the most powerful and top of the food chain animals are at the top of the pyramid.


The total mass of living tissue at each trophic level can be shown bY?

A pyramid of biomass or a pyramid of energy can show the total mass of living tissue at each trophic level. These pyramids illustrate the decreasing amount of biomass or energy available as you move up the food chain, with producers at the base and top-level consumers at the top.


What level of the food pyramid contains with the least biomass?

Those at the top of the food pyramid contain consumers with the smallest number and therefore, with the least total biomass compared to the layers below them.


What happen to the amount of biomass from the bottom to the top of pyramid?

In a biomass pyramid, the amount of biomass typically decreases from the bottom to the top. This decline occurs because energy is lost at each trophic level due to factors such as metabolic processes and heat loss, which means that less energy is available to support higher trophic levels. As a result, fewer organisms can be sustained at each successive level, leading to a lower biomass at the top of the pyramid compared to the base.


At the top of a pyramid of biomass are the?

top predators like apex predators and carnivores. They have fewer individuals but more biomass because they consume organisms lower on the food chain.


What level of the food pyramid contains consumers with the least biomass?

The highest level, which is the top level of the food pyramid, contains consumers with the least biomass. This level typically consists of tertiary consumers or apex predators, which have a relatively small population size and biomass compared to primary and secondary consumers in lower levels of the food chain.


Why are there fewer organisms at the top of a biomass pyramid?

There are fewer organisms at the top of a biomass pyramid because energy is lost as it is transferred from one trophic level to the next. This means that less energy is available to support the growth and maintenance of organisms at higher trophic levels, resulting in fewer individuals.


Why is a pyramid of bio mass narrow at the top then the base?

A pyramid of biomass is narrow at the top because there is less biomass in higher trophic levels compared to lower ones. This occurs because energy is lost at each trophic level due to metabolic processes, heat production, and inefficiencies in energy transfer, typically around 90% is lost. As a result, fewer organisms can be supported at higher levels, leading to a decrease in biomass as you move up the pyramid. Consequently, the base, which represents producers, has the most biomass, while the apex, representing top predators, has the least.


Which section of an energy pyramid is the largest and Why?

A pyramid is bigger at the bottom and small and pointy at the top. so its bigger at the bottom, otherwise it would have been called an energy upside-down pyramid =). But anyway, energy enters a food chain from the sun. some energy and biomass is lost at each stage of a food chain as feaces, movement energy and heat energy (especiall birds and mammals). therefore only a small amount of energy and biomass is incorporated into a consumer's body and transferred to the next feeding level. the loss of energy and biomass at each stage is a representation of why the pyramid gets smaller at the top.


What are the basics for a pyramid?

A pyramid usually consists of a square base in a 3D model. 2D models (such as cheerleaders) consists of a line of random number. For example: 4 cheerleaders on the bottom. Then 3 centered on top. Then 2 centered on top. Then a single one centered between those two.