Assertion : A network of food chains existing together in an ecosystem is known as food web.

Reason : An animal like kite cannot be apart of food web.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.

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If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

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If assertion is true but reason is false.

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If both assertion and reason and false.

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Solution

The correct option is C If assertion is true but reason is false.
A food web (or food cycle) is a natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community.

A kite adapt its diet according to local conditions. It is an opportunistic feeder and as scavenger. Thus is a part of a food web.

Therefore, assertion is true but reason is false.

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Statement 1: A network of food chains existing together in an ecosystem is known as a food web.

Statement 2: Birds like kite cannot be a part of a food web.

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