Ecological Pyramids
Ecological Pyramids: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Ecological Pyramids, Pyramid of Numbers, Pyramid of Biomass, and Pyramid of Energy.
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 Upright pyramid of numbers is absent in ______


Which of the following occupies the base of the ecological pyramid?

From the figures of pyramids shown below, identify the pyramid of numbers in a forest ecosystem.

In an ecosystem with a higher number of primary consumers than producers, the biomass pyramid will be

When food energy passes from producers to consumers,

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

All ecological pyramids can be inverted except


Which one of the following shows a pyramid of biomass in a pond ecosystem?

An inverted pyramid of _____________ may be observed in ____________ communities.

Which of the following is/are considered as limitations of the ecological pyramids?

Which of these is/are limitation/s of ecological pyramids?
I. Decomposers are not given any place in ecological pyramids.
II. Ecological pyramids do not accommodate a food web.
III. Ecological pyramids may be upright or inverted.
IV. They don't consider omnivores in two different trophic levels.


Based on the diagram given below, choose the correct statement from the following.

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

