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Consider a pond ecosystem.
a. Draw a pyramid of energy in that ecosystem.
b. Compare three types of pyramidal relationship found among the organisms in pond ecosystem.
c. Is there any difference between nutrient flow and energy flow in an ecosystem ? Substantiate.

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b. Pyramid of number and energy is upright and pyramid of biomes is inverted in pond.
c. Energy flow is unidirectional, but nutrient flow is in cyclic manner. The amount of energy flow decreases with successive trophic level but no such variation in nutrient cycling.
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