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Study the following ecological pyramids carefully.

Mathc the following statements I,ii and iii with gien pyramidsa, B and C and select the correct answer.
(i) Inverted pyramid of biomass depicting small standing crop of phytoplanktons supporintg a large standing crop of zooplanktons
(ii) Pyramid of numbers in a grassland ecosytems showing about 6 milion producers.
(iii) Upright pyramid of biomass

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