Question

An ecological pyramid of numbers shows the:

• A. Number of organisms at each stage in the food chain
• B. Number of organisms in different food chains
• C. Number of food chains in a food web
• D. Total number of organisms in a food web

Answer 1

The correct option is A Number of organisms at each stage in the food chain

The pyramid of numbers as the name suggests, deals with the number of individual organisms at different trophic levels of a food chain. An ecological pyramid of numbers shows the number of organisms at each stage in the food chain.