{"id":149933,"date":"2024-03-19T17:56:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=149933"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:56:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:26:52","slug":"the-ecological-pyramids-may-have-an-upright-or-an-inverted-shape-justify-with-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/quiz\/the-ecological-pyramids-may-have-an-upright-or-an-inverted-shape-justify-with-the","title":{"rendered":"The Ecological pyramids may have an upright or an inverted shape. Justify with the&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Ecological pyramids may have an \u2018upright\u2019 or an \u2018inverted\u2019<br \/>\nshape. Justify with the help of suitable examples.<\/h2>\n<h3>Ans.<\/h3>\n<h3>Upright Pyramid:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Most ecosystems exhibit an upright pyramid shape.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Each successive trophic level has less energy or biomass than the one below it.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Example: Pyramid of numbers in a terrestrial ecosystem shows decreasing numbers of organisms from producers to top carnivores.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Inverted Pyramid:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Some aquatic ecosystems may show an inverted pyramid shape.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Higher trophic levels have more biomass or energy than lower trophic levels.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Example: Biomass of phytoplankton may be lower than zooplankton biomass in marine ecosystems.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Inversion occurs due to rapid reproduction and turnover at lower trophic levels or in parasitic ecosystems where a small number of parasites support a larger number of hosts.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ecological pyramids may have an \u2018upright\u2019 or an \u2018inverted\u2019 shape. Justify with the help of suitable examples. Ans. Upright Pyramid: Most ecosystems exhibit an upright pyramid shape. Each successive trophic level has less energy or biomass than the one below it. Example: Pyramid of numbers in a terrestrial ecosystem shows decreasing numbers of organisms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21830,"featured_media":114041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12119],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-149933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quiz"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149934,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149933\/revisions\/149934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}