Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Green plants of the ecosystem are the transducers.
Reason : Producers trap the radiant energy of the sun and change it into chemical energy.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Flow of energy in a food chain is unidirectional.
Reason : Energy captured by autotrophs does not revert back to the solar input and it passes to the herbivores.
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion :Praying mantis is green in colour which merges with plant foliage.
Reason : Animals adopt different strategies to survive in hostile environment.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : CFCs deplete the ozone layer.
Reason : CFCs are used as refrigerants and in fire extinguishers.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : The crown fires are most destructive as they burn the tree top.
Reason : Due to crown fire the temperature of that area may rise upto 700°C.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : A biotic component of an ecosystem involves cycling of material and flow of energy.
Reason : This is essential to keep biotic factors alive.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Man is a herbivore.
Reason : Omnivores eat both plant food and meat of animals.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Trophic levels are formed by only plants.
Reason : Food chains and webs are formed due to linked organisms on the basis of their nutrition.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Ecology is the study of the relationship between living organisms and their environment.
Reason : The biotic community and non-living environment of an area function together to form an ecosystem.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Consumers are present at the first trophic level.
Reason: Consumers or heterotrophs fix energy making it available for autotrophs.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Decomposers keep the environment clean.
Reason : They recycle matter by breaking down the organic remains and waste products of plants and animals.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Garden is an artificial ecosystem.
Reason : Biotic and abiotic components are manipulated by humans.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Biotic components of the ecosystem continuously require energy to carry on life processes.
Reason : Abiotic components are the nonliving factors of the ecosystem.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Decomposers act as cleaning agents of the environment.
Reason : The decomposers recycle waste material in the hydrosphere.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Supersonic jets cause pollution as they thin out ozone.
Reason : Depletion of ozone causes greenhouse effect.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Ozone is both beneficial and damaging.
Reason : Stop the release of chlorofluorocarbons to protect the ozone.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Aquatic f o o d chain is the food chain present in water bodies.
Reason : The example of an aquatic food chain is phytoplankton → zooplankton → fish → shark.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Polythene bags and plastic containers are non-biodegradable substances.
Reason: They can be broken down by microorganisms in natural simple harmless substances.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: Herbivores are called first order consumers.
Reason : Tiger is a top carnivore.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : In an ecosystem, the function of producers is to convert organic compounds into inorganic compounds.
Reason : Green plants, the producers, transduce solar energy.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : First trophic level in a food chain is always a green plant.
Reason : Green plants are called producers.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Tropical rain forests are disappearing fast from developing countries such as India.
Reason : No value is attached to these forests because they are poor in biodiversity.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : The concentration of harmful chemicals is more in human beings.
Reason : Man is at the apex of the food chain.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : A network of food chains existing together in an ecosystem is known as the food web.
Reason : An animal like a kite cannot be a part of a food web.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Biomagnification is caused due to the accumulation of biodegradable toxicants in organisms at each successive trophic level.
Reason : Biomagnification leads to the maximum accumulation of chemicals in small fishes.