biology unit 1-energy in biomass

Pyramids of biomass

• biomass= mass of living material in plants and animals
• pyramid of biomass represents mass of organisms at each stage in the food chain
• green plants transfer solar energy to chemical energy which is then passed on through food chain
• pyramid of biomass better than a pyramid of numbers as it will be unbalanced
• energy wasted at each stage of the chain by respiration, transferred to sourroundings, in waste or when it is used for movement or to keep the organism warm.
• sankey diagrms show how…