Distinguish between upright and inverted pyramid.

This is an inverted pyramid:

Which one is an inverted pyramid ?

Distinguish between (a) Grazing food chain and detritus food chain (b) Production and decomposition (c) Upright and inverted pyramid (d) Food chain and Food web (e) Litter and detritus (f) Primary and secondary productivity .

It is often said that the pyramid of energy is always upright. On the other hand, the pyramid of biomass can be both upright and inverted." Explain with the help of example and sketches .

Which of the folllowing ecological pyramids can be both upright and inverted?

Read the following statement . With respect to the ecological pyramid , mark the correct statements. a . In most of the ecosystems , pyramids of number , energy and biomass are upright . b. Producers are generally more in number or biomass than herbivores in an upright pyramid. c. Herbivores are less in number and biomass than carnivores in an inverted pyramid. d. Energy content is higher at a lower trophic level than that at a higher trophic level.

(a) ''The pyramid of energy is always upright.' Explain. (b) Explain with the help of labelled diagrams, the difference between an upright pyramid of biomass and an inverted pyramid of biomass.