AIIMS 2005
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2005
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Ecosystem
AIIMS 2005 · Botany · Ecosystem
Given below is one of the types of ecological pyramids. This type...
Given below is one of the types of ecological pyramids.
This type represents

Options
- Apyramid of numbers in a grassland
- Bpyramid of biomass in a fallow land
- Cpyramid of biomass in a lake
- 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 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.