Question

What types of the ecological pyramid would be obtained with the following data?

Secondary consumer: 120 g
Primary consumer: 60 g
Primary producer: 10 g

• A. Upright pyramid of numbers
• B. Inverted pyramid of biomass
• C. Upright pyramid of biomass
• D. Pyramid of energy

Answer 1

The correct option is B Inverted pyramid of biomass

• Biomass is the amount of living matter present at a trophic level. The inverted biomass pyramid has the least number of primary producers, which supports primary consumers and the secondary consumers are maximum in number.
• The given data follows a trend where the biomass of the primary producer is less than the primary consumer and that of the primary consumer is less than the secondary consumer. So, the given data supports an inverted pyramid. So, the correct answer is option B.