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Identify the incorrect statement from the following .

A

Pyramid of energy is mostly upright but sometimes it may be inverted

B

Pyramid of number and biomass may be either upright or inverted

C

Pyramid of biomass in sea is generally inverted as biomass of fish far exceeds that of phytoplankton,

D

Food chains are generally short with few trophic levels as only 10% of the energy is transferred to higher trophic level from lower one.

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A
The pyramid of energy can never be inverted because when enegy flows from a particular tropic level to next trophic level some energy is always lost as heat at each step.
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