Ecological Pyramids
Ecological Pyramids: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Ecological Pyramids, Pyramid of Numbers, Pyramid of Biomass, Pyramid of Energy, and Types of Ecological Pyramids.
Important Questions on Ecological Pyramids
Which of the following is the given ecological pyramid?

Given below is one of the types of ecological pyramids.
This type represents:

The pyramid of energy is always upright as the energy can flow only from higher trophic level to lower trophic level.

How many types of ecological pyramids are there?

An ecological pyramid is a graphical representation made to show the biomass at each trophic level in an ecosystem.


The Upright pyramid of numbers is absent in ______



In an ecosystem of big trees, the pyramid (of numbers) is _____ type.


Which of the given groups of aquatic organisms constitute the greatest biomass of autotrophs in the oceans?

All ecological pyramids can be inverted except

In a food chain, the total amount of living material is depicted by


Idea of productivity of an ecosystem can be obtained from

Pyramid of number in a tree ecosystem with predatory food chain is

If the producer is a large tree that supports a number of herbivorous animals which are further attacked by ectoparasites, the pyramid of the number in the ecosystem shall be,


Standing crop is -
i) Biomass in a unit area
ii) Number of the living organism in a unit area
iii) Amount of nutrient such as carbon, nitrogen, calcium in the unit area
iv) Amount of Detritus in the unit area
