Question

What do all ecological pyramids depict?

• A. Increase in energy at each trophic level
• B. Number of organisms at each trophic level
• C. Biomass of organisms at each trophic level
• D. Reduction in energy transferred at each trophic level

Answer 1

The correct option is D Reduction in energy transferred at each trophic level

Ecological pyramids are of three known types, pyramid of numbers, pyramid of biomass and pyramid of energy. However, all of them depict how energy flows through each feeding (trophic) level in an ecosystem.