An ecological pyramid is sometimes used to show both the flow of matter and energy in an ecosystem. the pyramid narrows as matter and energy flow from the bottom to the top. what does this pyramid tell you about the energy in this ecosystem?

Biomass pyramids show the amount of organic material at each trophic level; thus, they are the best type of ecological pyramid to use in order to model the flow of matter through an ecosystem. A numbers pyramid would not as accurately display this kind of information because a larger producer, such as a tree, which contains a great deal of matter, would be able to feed hundreds or thousands of small first-level consumers such as wood-eating insects.

Pyramids of energy

is a diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter contained within each trophic level in a food chain or food web

Types:

pyramids of energy

pyramids of biomass

pyramids of numbers