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Ecological pyramids
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- 1Name three types of ecological pyramids.1.pyramids of number
2.pyramids of biomass
3.pyramids of energy - 2why does the size of organisms decrease as you go up a food chain?energy is lost at each trophic level so less energy is available for growth.
- 3name 2 disadvantages of using a pyramid of numbers.1.it doesn't take into account the size of an organism
2. the number of individuals may be too large to count
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- a level Biology Flashcards on Ecological pyramids, created by sferrier96 on 11/02/2015.
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