Question

What is a trophic pyramid? How does it work? Why is the base wider than the top? How much energy goes up the pyramid. Choose an ecosystem (habitat/community) of your preference and, apply the trophic pyrmaid to your model. Which species are the primary producers, primary consumers, etc?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The trophic pyramid resembles energy consumption and loss at every level. Typically, 90% of energy is lost--in the form of heat during respiration, and 10% of energy is moved up to the next level. The trophic pyramid is displayed (from bottom to top): primary producers (normally, these are plants that receive energy from sunlight or other abiotic (nonliving) factors), primary consumers (organisms that eat the primary producers for energy), secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, and sometimes apex predators (organisms at the top of the pyramid that eats everything).

Last but not least, all organisms on the pyramid eventually do decompose, so decomposition is the last step.