Assertion: Ecosystems are not exempt from the second law of thermodynamics.
Reason: In a food chain,energy flow is bidirectional.
Reason: In a food chain,energy flow is bidirectional.
- AAssertion and Reason both are true and Reason is a correct explanation of the assertion.
- BAssertion and Reason both are true but Reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion.
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false.
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false.
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