Given below are two statements, an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R). Choose the correct answer.

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.

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)

Explanation

Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason explains the assertion.

The assertion names autotrophic plants as producers that draw on light, water and carbon dioxide.

The reason spells out how they use solar energy to turn soil water and the air's carbon dioxide into glucose.

That glucose-making process is exactly what lets these plants act as the producers named in the assertion.

The reason therefore gives the photosynthetic mechanism behind their producer role.

This captured energy then feeds every consumer higher up the food chain.

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