👉 Trophic axis, also known as trophic pyramid or trophic cycle, is a biological concept that describes how food travels up and down an organism's body. It is a fundamental part of the food chain, where organisms eat plants, which then feed on animals, which in turn feed on smaller animals, and so on. In simple terms, it's like a ladder or staircase where each layer of cells (the "trophic levels") are responsible for feeding off the next one.