NEET 2018 Biology question

What type of ecological pyramid would be obtained with the following data? Secondary consumer : 120 g Primary consumer : 60 g Primary producer : 10 g

(1)Upright pyramid of numbers
(2)Pyramid of energy
(3)Inverted pyramid of biomassCorrect
(4)Upright pyramid of biomass

Answer: (3)

Solution

The data are masses (g), so this is a pyramid of biomass. Biomass increases from producers (10 g) to primary consumers (60 g) to secondary consumers (120 g), i.e. the base is the smallest and the top the largest, so the pyramid is inverted. Such pyramids

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Question ID VK-092309