Question

Assertion: Owls can move freely during night.

Reason: They have large number of rods on their retina.​

Answer 1

Required Answer:-

Assertion:

• Owls can move freely during the night.

- The assertion is true because Owl is a nocturnal bird which sleeps during the day for conserving energy and hunts during the night when everyone's asleep.

Reason:

• They have large number of rods on their retina$.$

- The reason is true as well. Rods are certain features in our retina which is responsible for indicating the intensity of light. More number of rods means more intensity of light can enter. Hence, Nocturnal animals have more rods to let in more light during the night.

Hence:-

Both assertion and reason are true and Reason is explaining the Assertion.

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• Used in pairs, Cones & rods in our retina. Cones measures the different colours and rods measures the intensity of light our eye can capture.
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Answer 2

Answer:

Required Answer :-

Assertion :-

Owls can move freely during night.

Reason :-

They have large number of rods on their retina.

Answer :-

Both assertion and reason are correct.

Explanation :-

Assertion is true because owl is a nocturnal bird and nocturnal bird sleep on day and wake up at night.

Reason is true because the number of rods help the eye intensity. In those animals/birds whose rods are more can get more light at night