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Pyramid OF numbers & biomass

each the Food chain


A pyramid OF numbers shows the population at
stage of .

( the number OF organisms ) .

↳ it's drawn as a bar chart with the bars stacked on


top OF each other .
The wider the

bar , the more


organisms it represents .

the bottom
↳ the producer is
always at OF the pyramid .

This pyramid OF numbers This pyramid of numbers does not look like

pyramid This happen when the producer is


looks like a . a pyramid .
can

large and I or the animals are very small - so ,

we can use pyramids of biomass to make

it look like a pyramid .

Biomass =
the total dry mass OF one species of animal I plant in a food chain or food web .

level rather than


A pyramid of biomass
.
Shows the biomass at each trophic , the population .

These pyramids of biomass are almost ( pyramid )


always the right shape .

Trophic levels =
the position of an organism in a food chain ,
web or pyramid .
The different trophic

levels are producers , primary secondary


, , tertiary and/or quaternary consumers .

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