Topic 7 - Pyramids Of Biomass

Question 1

Every time you move up a stage in a food chain there is less ___ and ___

Answer 1

Energy, biomass

Question 2

What do the bars of a pyramid of biomass show?

Answer 2

Each bar on a pyramid of biomass shows the relative mass of living material at a tropic level - how much the organisms would ‘weigh’ if put together

Question 3

The bars of pyramids of biomass must be drawn ___

Answer 3

To scale

Question 4

The bars are always in order of ___

Answer 4

Trophic levels 1-etc