NEET Biology question

**Assertion:** An ecosystem is an interaction between biotic and abiotic components. **Reason:** A G Tansley coined the term ecosystem.

(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 AssertionCorrect
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (B)

Solution

Both statements are independently true — an ecosystem is indeed the interaction between biotic and abiotic components, and A.G. Tansley did coin the term "ecosystem" in 1935 — but the historical

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