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(a) Pyramid of numbers is a diagrammatic representation of the number of organism, at each trophic level in a food chain, while phramid of biomass is a diagrammatic representation of dry weight of organism at each trophic level in a food chain.
(b) - Insufficient utilization of food resource/ wastage
- Through respiration
- Through excretion
- Through death of an organism
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