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27/09/2020 4:23 pm
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Assertion: Pyramid of energy may be upright or inverted.
Reason: Only 20% of energy goes to next trophic level.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
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27/09/2020 4:24 pm
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
Explanation:
Energy flow in the ecosystem is a unidirectional manner. There is a decline in the amount of energy passing from one trophic level to the next. Thus the pyramid of energy is always upright. According to Lindemann, only 10% of energy goes to next trophic level.