Examine the energy pyramid below. Why is the first block containing the plants the widest block? A. This block represents ten times the number of organisms of the next block. B. This block represents all the producers and herbivores in the ecosystem. C. This block represents the most complex organisms in the pyramid. D. This block represents the trophic level with the most stored energy.
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Your answer is choice D.
This block represents the trophic level with the most energy is stored.
In an energy pyramid it always decreasing to the apex meaning that the base is normally wider and it decreases in size up to the top.
The wider base implies the energy store by mostly the primary producers that can be used to support the other consumers in the trophic level.
Therefore it is important that the number of primary producers be higher in order to support the consumers within the preceding trophic levels.
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