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NEET2005BotanyEcosystemActual

Given below is one of the types of ecological pyramids. This type represents

Options

  1. Apyramid of numbers in a grassland
  2. Bpyramid of biomass in a fallow land
  3. Cpyramid of biomass in a lake
  4. Denergy pyramid in a spring.

Correct answer

C. pyramid of biomass in a lake

Step-by-step solution

Pyramid of energy is always upright as only 10 % energy is transferred from one trophic level to another. Pyramid of number in a grassland is also upright as the producers are always maximum in number than herbivores and carnivores. Pyramid of biomass in a lake shows spindle shaped pyramid.

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