Assertion: A network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem is known as a food web.
Reason: Animals like kite cannot be a part of a food web.
Assertion: A network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem is known as a food web.
Reason: Animals like kite cannot be a part of a food web.
The correct option is C Assertion is a true statement, but the reason is false
The process of transfer of energy from producers through a series of organisms.i.e from primary consumers to secondary consumers to tertiary consumers by the process of eating and being eaten constitute a food chain, eg. grassland ecosystem. Food chains can never occur independently in an ecosystem but various food chains are interconnected with each other forming an interlocked system known as the food web. In grassland ecosystem, food chains may be -
(i) Grass → Rabbit → Hawk/Kite
(ii) Grass → Mouse → snake → Kite/Hawk
(iii) Grass → Grasshopper → Lizard → Kite/hawk
So, the food web will include kite.
Assertion is a true statement, but the reason is false
The process of transfer of energy from producers through a series of organisms.i.e from primary consumers to secondary consumers to tertiary consumers by the process of eating and being eaten constitute a food chain, eg. grassland ecosystem. Food chains can never occur independently in an ecosystem but various food chains are interconnected with each other forming an interlocked system known as the food web. In grassland ecosystem, food chains may be -
(i) Grass → Rabbit → Hawk/Kite
(ii) Grass → Mouse → snake → Kite/Hawk
(iii) Grass → Grasshopper → Lizard → Kite/hawk
So, the food web will include kite.
