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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
What is an ecological pyramid? Compare the pyramids of energy, biomass, and numbers.
उत्तर
Ecological pyramid:
The relation between producers and consumers in an ecosystem can be graphically represented in the form of a pyramid called the ecological pyramid.
Ecological pyramids are of 3 types :
(i) Pyramid of number
(ii) Pyramid of biomass
(iii) Pyramid of energy
(i) Pyramid of number:
The relationship between producers and consumers in an ecosystem can be represented in the form of a pyramid in terms of number is called pyramid of number.
(ii) Pyramid of Biomass:
The relationship between producers and consumers in an ecosystem can be represented in the form of a pyramid in terms of biomass is called pyramid of biomass. It can be upright or inverted.
(iii) Pyramid of energy :
The relationship between producers and consumers in an ecosystem can be represented in the found of the pyramid in terms of the flow of energy called pyramid of energy. Always upright as energy is lost as heat at each step.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Distinguish between Upright and inverted pyramid.
Distinguish between food chain and food web.
Describe with examples of pyramids of number, and biomass.
With reference to the levels of an organisation, differentiate between living organisms and non-living objects.
In a tree ecosystem the pyramid of numbers is:
Which one of the following statements for pyramid of energy is incorrect, whereas the remaining three are correct?
Pyramid of numbers is ______.
What does the base tier of the ecological pyramid represent?
What are the shortcomings of ecological pyramids in the study of ecosystem?
What are the three types of ecological pyramids? What information is conveyed by each pyramid with regard to structure, function and energy in the ecosystem?
