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Pyramid of numbers is...

Pyramid of numbers is

A

Always upight

B

Always inverted

C

Either upright or inverted

D

Neither upright nor inverted

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c

Pyramid of number in ecosystems can be inverted or upright. In terrestrial ecosystem pyramids of number Is upright. In case of successive decrease In members of trophic IeveI like a bIg tree it is inverted whereas pyramid of energy is always upright.
Whereas pyramid of biomass may also be upright or inverted. In none of the case aways inverted pyramid or neither any pyramid may be of obtained thus other options wrong .
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