Choose the correct statement about the energy pyramid?

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Decomposers and detritivores break down the tissues and other organic matter .

Top organisms include apex predators.

The second tropical stage is made up of primary consumers.

All of the above

answer is D.

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Energy pyramids are the graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic levels of an ecosystem.
It consists of four levels of the energy pyramid that are: producers, primary consumer, secondary consumer, and tertiary consumer.
It begins with the producers on the bottom, ex: plants, then herbivorous at the second, carnivorous at the third, and then omnivorous.
Energy pyramid can not be downward direction, it is always in upright direction.
Energy pyramid represent flow of energy from one level to another level.

Hence, the correct option is D.

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