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Pyramid of Numbers in Terrestrial Ecosystems

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The pyramid of numbers for a single tree is:

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upright

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inverted

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spindle shaped

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is C
spindle shaped

Trees are very large, but the herbivores like caterpillars are very small. One tree can feed many caterpillars, but many caterpillars are needed to feed a small sparrow, and many small sparrows are needed to feed a sparrow hawk. If we draw a pyramid of numbers for this food chain, it looks spindle shaped.

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