Question

The pyramid of number deals with the number of

• A. species in a given area
• B. individuals in a community
• C. sub-species in a community
• D. individuals in a trophic level.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

individuals in a trophic level.

Answer 2

Pyramid of number is an ecological pyramid which employs the number of individuals per unit area at various trophic levels sequence wise with producers at the base and various consumers at successively higher levels. Pyramid of number assumes different shapes in different ecosystems, individuals in a trophic level. The pyramid of number in pond ecosystem is also upright. In forest ecosystem the pyramid of number is inter mediate. Here the number of primary consumers is more than producers as well as top consumers. In parasitic food chain the pyramid of number is inverted.