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The pyramid of biomass in a forest ecosystem is:

Correct answer: A. Upright

  • A. Upright
  • B. Inverted
  • C. Rhomboidal
  • D. Linear

Explanation

A forest contains a large standing biomass of trees and progressively less biomass at higher trophic levels, so its biomass pyramid is upright. An inverted biomass pyramid is more typical of aquatic systems with rapidly renewed phytoplankton.

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