NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: ECO SYSTEM

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Assertion: The number of species increases, the community biomass increases and the community's ratio of respiration to photosynthesis also increases. During an ecological succession.

Reason: The rate of photosynthesis of a community is almost equal to the rate of respiration, respiration, at climax community of an ecological succession.

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Correct option: B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

Option B (If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion) is correct because both the assertion and reason are true statements about ecological succession, but the reason doesn't directly explain the assertion.

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