Paper 1 · People, Development and Environment
Assertion (A): Autotrophic plants are considered producers in a food chain, using light, water and carbon dioxide. Reason (R): Autotrophs use energy from the sun to convert water from the soil and carbon dioxide from the air into a nutrient called glucose. Choose the correct answer.
ABoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) ✓ Correct
BBoth (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C(A) is true, but (R) is false
D(A) is false, but (R) is true
Correct answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) — Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) correctly explains (A), so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) correctly explains (A), so that is the answer.
★The assertion calls autotrophic plants the producers of a food chain.
★The reason explains that autotrophs use sunlight to make glucose from water and carbon dioxide.
★It is this food-making that makes them producers.
★So the reason explains why plants are producers.
★So both are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
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