Consider the characteristics of biomes. Would you expect more biomass in a trophic pyramid from the tropical rainforest compared to one from the taiga?
A. Yes, because there is higher productivity
at the equator than at the poles.
B. Yes, because there is higher fungal
diversity cycling carbon at the equator than at
the poles.
C. Yes, because there are higher numbers of
predators at the equator than at the poles.
D. No, because there are photosynthetic
organisms in both biomes that support the
trophic pyramids.
E. No, because there are other producers at
the poles that don't require sunlight so make
up the difference in biomass that would be
there if only sunlight was used as an energy
source.
A
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