Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as…
Biology · NEET · NTA Exams — Ecosystem
Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason.
STATEMENT - 1 (Assertion): In a food chain, members of successive higher levels are fewer in number.
STATEMENT - 2 (Reason): Number of organisms at any trophic level depends upon the availability of organisms which serve as food at the lower level.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
- Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- Assertion is true but Reason is false
- Both Assertion and Reason are false
Answer
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
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