Q2. The competitive exclusion principle only applies when niches of competing sp
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Q2. The competitive exclusion principle only applies when niches of competing species have high degree of overlap
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Q10. On an adventure to a faraway place, you discover two previously unknown species of woozle. You notice that purple woozles live on the ground and orange woozles live high up in the trees. You gather up all of the purple woozles (they're easier to catch) and take them to a zoo. The next year, when you return to gather up the orange woozles, you find that they now live on the ground as well as in the trees. Based on what you know about niches and competition, what might this indicate?
Competition between purple and orange woozles might have been responsible for where you found them on the island.
The fundamental niches of woozles might have included use of more habitat types than was obvious when you first discovered them.
Purple woozles likely outcompete orange woozles on the ground.
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Ans. 2-
The statement "The competitive exclusion principle only applies when niches of competing species have high degree of overlap" is True.
Explanation - As the defintion of competitive exclusion principle states, Two different species cannot occupy the same niche at the same time and if they do so, then one species displaces the other over the course of time as they compete for the same resources.
Ans. 10
The statement "Competition between purple and orange woozles might have been responsible for where you found them on the island." is true.
Explanation-
the purple woozles were found on the ground and orange woozles were found high up in the trees and when purple woozles were removed then orange woozles were found to live on the ground as well as in the trees. which suggests that due to competition between the two types of woozles must have responsible for the initial observation.
The statement "The fundamental niches of woozles might have included use of more habitat types than was obvious when you first discovered them." is correct.
Explanation - when purple woozles were removed then orange woozles were found to live on the ground as well as in the trees. this observation suggests that the fundamental niches of woozles might have included use of more habitat types but due to competition they were restricted to a single habitat so that they can coexist.
The statement "Purple woozles likely outcompete orange woozles on the ground." is correct
Explanation - that's why it was found that the purple woozles live on the ground and orange woozles live high up in the trees.
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