Question

Based on the diagram given below, choose the correct statement from the following

• A. It is a pyramid of energy depicting the ocean ecosystem.
• B. It is a pyramid of biomass which shows a small standing crop of phytoplankton supporting a larger standing crop of zooplankton.
• C. It is a pyramid of biomass of a grassland ecosystem with standing crop of primary consumers supporting that of primary producers.
• D. It shows the pyramid of number of the plankton population in an ocean ecosystem

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Correct answer is (b) It is a pyramid of biomass which shows a small standing crop of phytoplankton supporting a larger standing crop of zooplankton.