Someone is on Chapter 2 Section 2: Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem problem 15. EXPLAIN why an ecological pyramid is smaller at the top than at the bottom.
they is fat
Bottom, ProducerTop, Tertiary/ Carnivores
Less kilo calories being transfered as the trophic level rises
humans are the top predator in the ecological pyramid.
All pyramids are smaller at the top. It's how they're constructed. Every step of energy transformation has loss. Progress through the energy chain, the amount of energy transferred would unavoidably degrade. As the chain progresses, it gets narrower to a pyramid shape.
It is in the shape of a pyramid to show at the bottom it is big which gives 10% and then it gives off smaller and then smaller amounts of energy to make the point at the top.
I'd say because most things at the top are less hunted organisms, leaving it to be eaten less. Which will result in a smaller amount.Rather than the rest of organisms, there are more and larger because they are the hunted.Because of energy the bottom gets 100% of the energy the next only gets 10% then 1% then .1% and so on.An ecological pyramid is a diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter contained within each trophic.
It is in the shape of a pyramid to show at the bottom it is big which gives 10% and then it gives off smaller and then smaller amounts of energy to make the point at the top.
An ecological pyramid is a graphical representation of the trophic levels (different feeding levels) within an ecosystem. It shows the flow of energy or biomass from one trophic level to the next, with producers at the bottom and top predators at the top. There are three types: pyramid of numbers, pyramid of biomass, and pyramid of energy.
This is because only 10% of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to another so relatively less no of herbivores can survive on a number of plants and so on. hence with respect to mass, energy or number, the thickness of the pyramids decreases from bottom to the top.
Humans occupy the highest trophic level in an ecological pyramid, known as the tertiary consumers. This means they are at the top of the food chain and primarily feed on organisms from lower trophic levels.
The bottom layer of a pyramid that represents ecosystem producers is called the trophic level, while the top layers representing consumers are known as higher trophic levels. This structure illustrates how energy flows through an ecosystem, with producers forming the base and subsequent levels representing different consumer groups.