Animal Kingdom Question 846
Question: Assertion : Hydra is green coloured. Reason : Green colour is due to the presence of chlorophyll in their body wall.
Options:
A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D) If both the assertion and reason are false
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
H. viridis is green in colour.
Its bright green colour is not because of chlorophyll containing chloroplasts, but due to the presence of symbiotic zoochlorallae, Chlorella vulgaris, a unicellular green alga, that lives in its gastrodermal cells.