NEET Biology question

**Assertion:** Amphibians cannot survive in sea water. **Reason:** Amphibians have lungs for breathing on land; these would collapse under the water pressure of the sea.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is FalseCorrect
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (C)

Solution

The Assertion is true: amphibians are intolerant of marine (hypertonic) water because their thin, moist, semi-permeable skin undergoes rapid osmotic water loss

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