Pyramid of number of a parasitic food chain in tree ecosystem is

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12.Ecosystem

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The pyramid of number of a parasitic food chain in tree ecosystem is

A

Always inverted

B

Always upright

C

Mixture of inverted and upright

D

Sometimes inverted and sometimes upright

Solution

The pyramid of numbers deal with the number of primary producers and consumers. It is upright in a grassland and inverted in a tree ecosystem. In a grassland the number of producers is more than the number of top carnivores, whereas in case of a tree, the number of producers is less as compared to consumers

Standard 12

Biology

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