Assertion: Vascular or conductive tissue is a distinctive feature of complex plants. Reason: Vascular tissue has made survival of complex plants possible in terrestrial environment.
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Answer:
they help in absorbing nutrients and water from the roots and transportation of all parts of plants
The correct option is: (b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).
Assertion: Vascular or conductive tissue is a distinctive feature of complex plants.
The tissues which are made up of more than one type of cells are termed complex tissues. These different types of cells coordinate with each other and carry out a particular function.
Thus, the given assertion statement is correct.
Reason: Vascular tissue has made survival of complex plants possible in terrestrial environment.
In the terrestrial environment, xylem and phloem help with the transport of water and nutrients respectively. Without the presence of vascular tissue, the survival of complex plants is not possible.
Thus, the given reason statement is correct.
Xylem and phloem are vascular or conductive tissues and are only present in higher order plants. Therefore, it can be said that vascular tissue is a distinctive feature of complex plants.
This is the reason assertion is true. Thus, reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.