Pyramids of Biomass: Understanding Relative Amounts of Organic Matter in Food Chains

The video tutorial explains biomass and its significance in ecosystems, focusing on trophic levels and biomass transfer in food chains. It uses a simple food chain example to illustrate how biomass is transferred between trophic levels, highlighting that only about 10% of biomass is passed on to the next level. The tutorial concludes with a demonstration of creating a pyramid of biomass, a graphical representation of biomass distribution across trophic levels.

Discuss the reasons why not all biomass is transferred from one trophic level to the next.

How does a pyramid of biomass visually represent the amounts of biomass in a food chain?

What are the key components to consider when drawing a pyramid of biomass?