question_answer

The pyramid of number in a grassland ecosystem is

A)  linear                                   

B)  upright

C)  irregular                             

D)  inverted

Correct Answer: B

Solution :

Pyramid of numbers is a graphic representation of the number of individual per unit area of various trophic levels stepwise with producers being kept at the base and top carnivores kept at the tip. In grass land, the pyramid of number is upright. In this ecosystem, a larger number of grass plants or herbs support a fewer number of grasshoppers that support a still smaller number of frogs, the latter still smaller number of snakes and snakes very few peacocks or faleons.