Paper 2 · November 2021 · Biology
In the study of food chains, biomass is best described as...
Athe total amount of energy passed on to the next trophic level
Bthe total mass of dead remains and waste present in a given area
Cthe total mass of living material present in a given area
Dthe total number of individual organisms counted in a given area
Explanation
Biomass is a mass, not a count and not an energy. It is the total mass of the living matter of the organisms in a given area, which is why a pyramid of biomass is drawn to scale from masses rather than from numbers.
Derived from ZIMSEC Combined Science 4003/2, November 2021, Q1(a)