Temperature Optimum & Habitat Adaptation — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptThe temperature optimum for photosynthesis of different plants also depends on the habitat that they are adapted to. Tropical plants have a higher temperature optimum than the plants adapted to temperate climates.
Assertion (A): Tropical and temperate plants have different temperature optima for photosynthesis. Reason (R): Temperate plants have higher temperature optimum than tropical plants.
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Correct answer: C — If assertion is true but reason is false.
NCERT confirms tropical and temperate plants have different temperature optima (Assertion true). However, NCERT states “Tropical plants have a higher temperature optimum than the plants adapted to temperate climates” - the Reason reverses this relationship (false). This tests understanding of plant adaptation to their native climate conditions.
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