NEETBotanyRespiration in Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Animals are heterotrophic, i.e., they obtain food from plants directly or indirectly. Reason: Saprophytes like fungi are dependent on dead and decaying matter.
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
B. Both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
Animals are heterotrophic, i.e., they obtain food from plants directly or indirectly. Saprophytes like fungi are dependent on dead and decaying matter.