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10X SARQ – O – Our Environment
Class 10 Science ASSERTION REASON QUESTIONS
DIRECTION : In each of the following
questions, a statement of Assertion is given
followed by a corresponding statement of
Reason just below it. Of the statements, mark
the correct
answer as
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and
reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but
reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false but reason is true
Question 1.
Assertion: Green plants of the ecosystem are
the transducers
Reason: Producers trap the radiant energy of
the sun and convert it into chemical energy
Question 2.
Assertion: Man is a herbivore
Reason: Omnivorous eat both plant food and
meat of animals
Question 3.
Assertion: Garden is an artificial ecosystem
Reason: Biotic and Abiotic components are
manipulated by humans
Question 4.
Assertion: Biotic components of an ecosystem
continuously require energy to carry on life
processes
Reason: Abiotic components are the non living
factors of the ecosystem
Question 5.
Assertion : Herbivores are called first order
consumers.
Reason: Tiger is a top carnivore.
Question 6.
Assertion: Decomposers act as a cleaning
agent of the environment
Reason: The decomposers recycle waste
material in the hydrosphere
Question 7.
Assertion : Flow of energy in a food chain is
unidirectional.
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Reason : Energy captured by autotrophs does
not revert back to the solar input and it passes
to the herbivores.
Question 8.
Assertion : First trophic level in a food chain is
always a green plant.
Reason : Green plants are called producers.
Question 9.
Assertion: Decomposers keep the environment
clean.
Reason: They recycle matter by breaking
down the organic remains and waste products
of plants and animals
Question 10.
Assertion : The concentration of harmful
chemicals is more in human beings.
Reason : Man is at the apex of the food chain.
Question 11.
Assertion: CFCs deplete ozone layer.
Reason: CFCs are used as refrigerants and in
fire extinguishers
Question 12.
Assertion : Ozone is both benificial and
damaging .
Reason : Stop the release of chlorofluocarbons
to protect the ozone.
Question 13.
Assertion : Polythene bags and plastic
containers are non-biodegradable substances .
Reason: They can be broken down by
microorganisms in natural simple harmless
substances
Question 14.
Assertion: Aquariums are known as the man-
made ecosystems.
Reason: Aquariums are created and
maintained by humans.
Question 15.
Assertion: producers are present at the first
trophic level.
Reason: Consumers or heterotrophs fix energy
making it available for autotrophs.
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Question 16. Question 26.
Assertion: Food web is a network of food Assertion :Carnivore are first order consumers.
chains existing together in the ecosystem. Reason :Tiger is a top carnivore.
Reasoning: An animal like deer can not be a
part of food chain. Question 27.
Assertion :frog is a primary carnivore.
Question 17. Reason :Hawk is a secondary carnivore.
Assertion: Aquatic food chain is the food chain
present in water bodies. Question 28.
Reason: The example of aquatic food chain is, Assertion :Forests and ponds are natural
Phytoplankton -> Zooplankton -> Fish -> Shark ecosystem.
Reason :Gardens and field are artificial
Question 18. ecosystems.
Assertion : Tiger is a carnivore.
Reason : Cow is a herbivore. Question 29.
Assertion :An ecosystem is made of different
Question 19. types of community.
Assertion :The function of consumers is to Reason :ecosystem is community of different
convert organic compound into inorganic organisms that interact with each other and
compound. surroundings.
Reason :Green plants are called the
producers. Question 30.
Assertion :food ensures survival of all trophic
Question 20. levels.
Assertion :food web consists of only Reason : phytoplanktons are primary
producers. consumers.
Reason :specific enzymes are required for
breakdown of substances in environment. ANSWERS -
1a 2d
Question 21. 3a 4b
Assertion : The various components of an 5b 6c
ecosystem are interdependent 7a 8a
Reason: food chain and web are formed due to 9a 10 a
linkage in organisms . 11 a 12 b
13 c 14 a
Question 22. 15 c 16 c
Assertion :Each step in a food chain is called a 17 a 18 c
trophic level. 19 d 20 d
Reason :Trophic levels are formed by both 21 a 22 a
plants and animals. 23 a 24 a
25 b 26 d
Question 23. 27 b 28 b
Assertion :The energy transmission takes 29 a 30 b
place from autotrophs to heterotrophs.
Reason :Flow of energy is unidirectional in
food chain.

Question 24.
Assertion :blue green algae are producers.
Reason :producers are present at the first
trophic level.

Question 25.
Assertion :Green plants are called producers.
Reason : animals are consumers.

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