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How many full turns of the Calvin cycle are required to make one molecule of glucose?

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Important Questions on Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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Moll's half-leaf experiment proves that ______ is essential for photosynthesis to take place.
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Who demonstrated that green plants purify the foul air produced by breathing animals and burning candles?
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Which of the following scientists concluded by his experiments that green plant parts play a role in purifying the noxious air only in the presence of sunlight?
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Who used prism, green alga Cladophora and aerobic bacteria and plotted the first action spectrum for photosynthesis?
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Ingenhousz in an experiment showed that in bright sunlight, small bubbles were formed around the green parts of the plant, while in the dark, they did not. He identified these bubbles to be of
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Which organelle out of these does not participate in photorespiration?
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Read the below statements and choose the right option.
Statement I: Photorespiration interferes with the successful functioning of Calvin cycle.
Statement II: Photorespiration oxidises ribulose- 1,5 biphosphate which is an acceptor of CO2 in Calvin cycle.
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Read the following statements and state them as true (T) or false (F).

A. If the CO2 concentration increases up to 0.05%, the rate of photosynthesis increases for short terms.

B.  C3 and C4 plants respond similarly to the CO2 concentration.

C. C3 plants respond to high temperature and show higher photosynthetic rate.

D. The light reaction is less temperature sensitive than dark reaction.