Choose the correct statements regarding ecological pyramids.
(i) The relationship between organisms at different trophic levels is expressed in terms of number, biomass and energy.
(ii) Any calculations of energy content, biomass or number has to include one group of organism at that trophic level.
(iii) In most ecosystem, all the pyramids of number, biomass and energy are upright.
(iv) The pyramid of biomass in sea is generally inverted.
(v) Pyramid of energy is always inverted and can never be upright.
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Ecological pyramids show number, biomass, and energy at different trophic levels. Most ecosystems have upright pyramids, and biomass pyramid in sea is generally inverted. Pyramid of energy is always upright, so v is wrong.
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