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Organisms and Populations — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYOrganisms and Populations1 Mark
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For question two statements are given $-$ one labelled Assertion and the other labelled Reason. Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes $(a), (b), (c)$ and $(d)$ as given below.
Assertion : Heliophytes, generally have low photosynthetic, respiratory and metabolic activities.
Reason : This is an adaptation of heliophytes to high intensity of light.
  • A
    Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  • B
    Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  • C
    Assertion is true but reason is false.
  • ✓
    Both assertion and reason are false.
✓

Answer

Correct option: D.
Both assertion and reason are false.
Plants have special traits that help them to enlarge their tolerance limits to tight regimes. Individual plants, as well as plant communities, adapt to different tight intensities by becoming shade tolerant or sun adapted. Heliophytes are the sun adapted plants which are adapted to high intensity of light, and have higher temperature optima for photosynthesis,as well as have high rate of respiration.
On the other hand, shade adapted plants also called as sciophytes generally have low photosynthetic, respiratory and metabolic activities. Plants such as ferns and several herbaceous plants growing on the ground under the dense canopy of trees, are shade tolerant plants.

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