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An ecosystem has only one huge banyan trees. If I draw a pyramid, indicating the number of organisms in this ecosystem, what would it be like?
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The correct option is B Inverted
Pyramid of numbers is usually upright because number of producers is often more than the number of consumers. However, there are ecosystems that do not look like this. In an ecosystem where the producers are large trees, a single tree can support thousands of herbivores in the form of birds and also insects, caterpillars, flies, etc. Food for the birds are even greater in number. So, actually the producer is the least in number. The pyramid, therefore will turn out to be inverted as shown below.
Pyramid of numbers is usually upright because number of producers is often more than the number of consumers. However, there are ecosystems that do not look like this. In an ecosystem where the producers are large trees, a single tree can support thousands of herbivores in the form of birds and also insects, caterpillars, flies, etc. Food for the birds are even greater in number. So, actually the producer is the least in number. The pyramid, therefore will turn out to be inverted as shown below.
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