A single oak tree can support hundreds of beetles, caterpillars and other primary consumers. This would be best represented by

A. an inverted pyramid of biomass.
B. a pyramid of energy.
C. a pyramid of biomass.
D. an inverted pyramid of numbers.
E. a pyramid of numbers.


Answer: D

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