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 as you move through each feeding (trophic) level in an ecosystem.