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PYRAMIDS OF NUMBER GRASS FOX RABBITS 1000 GRASS PLANTS 50 RABBITS 7 FOXES Pyramids of number show the number of each organism in a food chain as a horizontal.

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1 PYRAMIDS OF NUMBER GRASS FOX RABBITS 1000 GRASS PLANTS 50 RABBITS 7 FOXES Pyramids of number show the number of each organism in a food chain as a horizontal bar. The bigger the bar, the more there are of that organism. The producer is always on the bottom.

2 Draw out a pyramid of numbers for the following food chain. 600 OAK LEAVES 100 CATERPILLARS 10 SHREWS 1 OWL See if you can draw it out on graph paper, using 1cm to represent 10 of each organism. (keep each bar 1cm high).

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4 PYRAMIDS OF BIOMASS BIOMASS is the amount of living material. Pyramids of biomass show the amount of living material (in grams) at each stage in a food chain. These pyramids are always pyramid shaped. The bigger the biomass, the bigger the bar. GRASS FOX RABBITS 1000 grass plants each with a mass of 0.1Kg = ? 50 rabbits each with a mass of 1Kg = ? 7 foxes, each with a mass of 5Kg = ? 100Kg 50Kg 35Kg

5 Draw a pyramid of biomass for the following food chains. 1) 5 cabbages 100 caterpillars 3 thrushes 1 kestrel 2)10 water weeds 200 insect larvae 5 fish 1 otter The cabbages each have a mass of 500g, caterpillars 4g, thrush 100g, kestrel 250g, water weed 250g, larvae 10g, fish 300g, otter 1000g.


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