Biology-Pyramids of biomass

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What is the biomass of an organism?
the mass of it's body tissue
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A pyramid of biomass shows...
...the amount of biomass at each trophic level
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What is it measured in?
g/m2
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producer is which bar?
bottom
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the other bars show the trophic level in order of...
...biomass
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it is...
...low-->high
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usually no more than...trophic levels
4-5
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what happens to some of the energy?
it is transferred to heat energy
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pyramids of biomass will not go on forever because...
there is not enough biomass in the top level to provide energy needed for another level
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the sizes of the blocks have to be...
in proportion
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A pyramid of biomass shows...

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...the amount of biomass at each trophic level

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What is it measured in?

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producer is which bar?

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the other bars show the trophic level in order of...

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