Why is the pyramid of energy always upright ? from Biology Ecosys

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41.

Sketch the following pyramids.
(i) Pyramid of number    (ii) Pyramid of biomass.   (iii) Pyramid of energy.

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42.

Construct a pyramid of biomass, starting with phytoplankton. Label three trophic levels. Is the pyramid upright or inverted? Why?

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43. Why is the pyramid of energy always upright ?


Pyramid of energy is always upright because when energy flows from a particular trophic level to the next trophic level, some energy is always lost as heat at each step. So the energy in the subsequent trophic levels is always less than the energy in the previous level. 
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44.

Define ecological pyramids and describe with examples, pyramids of number and biomass.

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45. By the process of leaching the water soluble inorganic nutrients  get precipitated as ?
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46.

Which nature of humus makes it a good reservoir of nutrients?

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47.

What is a sere?

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48.

Most part of energy is lost in which form during the energy flow in the ecosystem?

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49. What are the causes of ecological succession ?
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50. Describe the components of an ecosystem.
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