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How many trophic levels are included in the energy pyramid?

Answer 1

Four

There's producers at the very bottom, then herbivores, small carnivores and large carnivores/omnivores. Humans would be at the very top of the trophic level.

The below picture is the biomass pyramid

And the below picture is the energy pyramid

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Answer 2

Cora Andrews

The energy pyramid typically includes four trophic levels: producers (autotrophs), primary consumers (herbivores), secondary consumers (carnivores or omnivores), and tertiary consumers (top predators).

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