AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The organisms that would most likely be found at top of the energy pyramid are sharks (secondary consumers ).

Detailed explanation-2: -The top layer of the energy pyramid contains apex predators. These are mostly carnivorous animals that have no natural predators. The pyramid shape is used to represent the flow of energy because of the way that energy is used up and lost throughout the system. The primary producers take in energy from the sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the bottom of the pyramid, you have producers. These are usually plants or other photosynthetic organisms, such as algae or photosynthetic bacteria. Producers are autotrophs, meaning they are self-feeding organisms that do so by making their own organic molecules.

Detailed explanation-4: -We often refer to the top trophic level in a trophic pyramid as the “apex consumer” or “top predator.” Each trophic level is responsible for controlling the population of organisms in the level below.

Detailed explanation-5: -In an ecological pyramid, the various trophic levels are primary producers (at the base), consumers (primary, secondary, tertiary, etc.), and predators (apex).