MAY 2014 YEAR 11 PRE-DIPLOMA BIOLOGY

Tommy Morteboy Year 11

Ecological Pyramids
Answer the following qestions !" writing the #nswers #fter the qestions$
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#% &h#t 'in( of e)ologi)#l *"r#+i( is (e*i)te( in the #!o,e (i#gr#+-
#$ A *"r#+i( of .+!ers-
!$ A *"r#+i( of Energ"-
)$ A *"r#+i( of Bio+#ss-
!% Des)ri!e the sh#*e of this e)ologi)#l *"r#+i($ &h" (oesn/t this *"r#+i( )oll#*se e,en thogh
there #re fewer org#nis+s #t the first tro*hi) le,el th#n #t the se)on( tro*hi) le,el-
The pyramid shows the existence of many different organisms in a tropical level. The
pyramid collapses due to the energy transferred form the oak tree to the second tropical
level; this allows the oak tree to use most of the energy.
)% &h#t h#**ens to the energ" store( in e#)h tro*hi) le,el #s one +o,es * throgh the le,els in the
*"r#+i(-
The pyramid shows that as the energy moves up, this will cause it to decrease because each
level gives a small amount (10! to the next level, in other words the higher the level, the
small amounts of energy will be recived.
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0i% &h#t 'in( of e)ologi)#l *"r#+i( is (e*i)te( in the #!o,e (i#gr#+-
The pyramid above is a biomass
0ii% Pro,i(e #n e1*l#n#tion to 2stif" "or #nswer to 0i% #!o,e$
This is a biomass pyramid due to the facts shown, they show the mass of the animal in g"m#
!% Des)ri!e two )o+*li)#tions th#t )#n #rise when !iologists se # *"r#+i( of !io+#ss$
$n many parts of the world there are many changes and in this change some organisms appear,
during the season change, and by this happening the organism may change during this period.
%nother complication biologists have when using a biomass pyramid is when they want to
weigh a sea creature, this will be a big problem because they are hard to find and extremely
hard to weigh, the only way is to kill them and this is no humane way to do this.
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is (e*i)te( #s follows6
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the rle of 108 (eter+ine the #+ont of energ" th#t is store( #t e#)h tro*hi) le,el$ In)l(e #ll
rele,#nt l#!els$
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!% A f#r+er sets * # !ff#lo f#r+ in this e)os"ste+$ O,er ti+e8 the !ff#lo gre#tl" re()e the
gr#ss !io+#ss in the )o++nit"$ E1*l#in how the intro()tion of this new s*e)ies )ol(
#ffe)t the #+ont of energ" tr#nsferre( within the foo( )h#in th#t is shown #!o,e$
)y introducing the buffalo the pyramids energy level will reduce, this happens due to
the buffalos reduction of producers availability, and this is what the pyramid is made
of, in other words there is less energy when there are less producers
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