STD 12 - 12. ecosystem — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

$(1)$ Short statured with small round head.

$(2)$ Furrowed tongue and partially open month.

$(3)$ Palm is broad with characteristic palm crease.

$(1)$ Zooplanktons are primary producers in an aquatic ecosystem.

$(2)$ Decomposition is largely an oxygen requiring process.

$(3)$ In a natural ecosystem, fishes, wolf, etc. are carnivore.

$(4)$ The amount of energy decreases in each successive trophic level.

Statement $I$: Gause's competitive exclusion principle states that two closely related species competing for different resources cannot exist indefinitely.

Statement $II$: According to Gause's principle, during competition, the inferior will be eliminated. This may be true if resources are limiting.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :