Assertion (A) An ecosystem is an interaction between biotic and abiotic components. Reason (R) AG Tansley coined the term ecosystem.

Question

Assertion (A) An ecosystem is an interaction between biotic and abiotic components. Reason (R) AG Tansley coined the term ecosystem. (A) If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. (B) If both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A. (C) If A is true, but R is false. (D) If A is false, but R is true

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Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is rot the correct explanation of Assertion. AG Tansley coined the term ecosystem (Gr. Ecoenvironment; system - interaction and interdependent complex) for the first time. It is an integrated natural system resulting from the interaction of living and ron-living factors of the environment. In other words, the ecosystem can also be defined as an inter-relationship between biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) components of the environment.

Q. Assertion (A) An ecosystem is an interaction between biotic and abiotic components. Reason (R) AG Tansley coined the term ecosystem.

If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

If both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

If A is true, but R is false.

If A is false, but R is true

Q. Assertion (A) An ecosystem is an interaction between biotic and abiotic components.
Reason (R) $A G$ Tansley coined the term ecosystem.