GK - Environment- Pyramid of Energy

STATIC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

SUBJECT - ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT 

TOPIC  - Pyramid of energy:

• It is defined as the graphic representation of total energy available in each of the trophic level of a food chain.
• At each trophic level of a food chain there is a loss of energy and only 10% of the total energy entering a particular trophic level is available for transfer to the next trophic level.
• Therefore the pyramid of energy is always upright with a broad base and a tapering apex.