Biology : XII-CH14 – Ecosystem – Assertion and Reason

Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option.

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Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion: Secondary productivity is defined as the rate of formation of new organic matter by producers.

Reason: Secondary productivity = GPP – R.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of the assertion

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of the assertion

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

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Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion: Length of food chain is limited.

Reason: Energy hypothesis explain it because of inefficiency of energy transfer along the chain.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of the assertion

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of the assertion

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

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Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion: Biomass of a species is expressed in terms of dry weight in more accurate than fresh weight.

Reason: Fresh weight is affected by environment condition.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of the assertion

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of the assertion

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

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Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion: The energy pyramid is always upright.

Reason: Some energy is always lost as heat at each step when energy flows from a particular trophic level to the next trophic level.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of the assertion

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of the assertion

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

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Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion: Forest, grassland and desert are examples of terrestrial ecosystem.

Reason: Ecosystem is a functional unit of nature.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of the assertion

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of the assertion

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

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Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion: Secondary succession is faster than primary succession.

Reason: Some soil or sediments are present.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of the assertion

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of the assertion

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

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Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion: Phosphorus cycle is sedimentary cycle.

Reason: Reservoir of phosphorus located in earth’s crust.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of the assertion

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of the assertion

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

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Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion: Gradual and fairly predictable change in the species composition of a given area is called succession.

Reason: Succession and evolution are same.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of the assertion

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of the assertion

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

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Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion: The pyramid of biomass in sea is generally inverted.

Reason: The biomass of fishes far exceeds that of phytoplankton.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of the assertion

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of the assertion

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

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Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion: Vertical distribution of different species occupying different levels is called stratification.

Reason: Tree occupy top vertical strata of forest.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of the assertion

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of the assertion

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

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