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DIRECTIONS: Read the passage(s) given below and answer the questions that follow Passage - 3 If in a closed room there is some material that is burning, you may have felt suffocation. This is due to excess carbon dioxide that may be accumulating in the room. Plants and animals consume oxygen for respiration and produce carbon dioxide. Assertion (A): Aquatic animals use dissolved air (or oxygen) in water for respiration. Reason (R): When fuel is burnt, a smoke is produced.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

C) A is true but R is false.

D) A is false but R is true.