Multiple choice

What do you infer from the pyramid of energy?

  1. Loss of individuals at each trophic level

  2. Loss of energy at each trophic level

  3. Loss of biomass at each trophic level

  4. Loss of weight at each trophic level

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Explanation

The pyramid of energy specifically represents the loss of energy at each trophic level in an ecosystem. It is always upright because energy continuously decreases as it moves up from producers to top consumers. Unlike pyramids of numbers or biomass which can sometimes be inverted, the energy pyramid never inverts.

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