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Who provided the evidence that glucose is formed during photosynthesis and is then stored in the form of starch?

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Important Questions on Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

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Match the following?

Column-I Column-II Column-III
(a) Joseph Priestley (i) Glucose production (p) Photosynthesis
(b) Julius Von Sachs (ii) Role of sunlight (q) Plants restore air
(c) Jan Ingenhousz (iii) Role of air (r) Green parts of plants
(d) T. W. Engelmann (iv) Action of spectrum (s) Release of O2

 

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The primary producers of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystem are
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Match the following lists.
  List-I   List-II
A Sunlight is essential to the plant process that purifies air fouled by breathing animals I Melvin Calvin
B Bacteria were used to detect the sites of O2 evolution II Sachs
C Evidence for the production of glucose III Priestley
D Role of air in the growth of green plants IV Ingenhousz
    V Engelman
    VI Neil

The correct match is:

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Assertion (A): When a green alga Cladophora is placed in a suspension of aerobic bacteria, on the illumination of different lights, only at the blue and red light bacteria accumulated.
Reason (R): The bacteria release O2 by the process of photosynthesis.
The correct option among the following is:
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Study the following lists and match the discoveries and/or inventions made by the scientists during 20th  century

   List - I     List - II
(a) Oxygen evolution from H2O in photosynthesis (i) Benson
(b) C3 path way of Carbon assimilation (ii) V.S. Rama Das
(c) Contribution to C4 -photosynthesis (iii) Robert Hill
(d) Artificial synthesis of genes (iv) Hara Govind Khorana
    (v) Frankel Conrat

The correct answer is

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How do each of the following factors affect the productivity in the process of photosynthesis?

Carbon dioxide

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Look at leaves of the same plant on the shady side and compare it with the leaves on the sunny side. Or, compare the potted plants kept in the sunlight with those in the shade. Which of them has leaves that are darker green? Why?
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Write an experiment to prove that chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis.
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How do each of the following factors affect the productivity in the process of photosynthesis?

Water

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How do plants get each of the raw materials required for photosynthesis?
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A suspension of isolated chloroplasts was illuminated in the absence of carbon dioxide and DCPIP. Will the color suspension appear blue?
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Experimentally prove that CO2 is necessary for photosynthesis?
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The experimental material that has largely been responsible for making rapid advances in research on photosynthesis is.
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Which of the following is not required in the synthesis of carbohydrates?
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The rate of photosynthesis is reduced considerably in green light because
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Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) represents which of the following range of wavelengths?
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A de-starched leaf and a potted plant are coated with Vaseline on both sides and placed in sunlight. After a few hours, it is tested for the presence of starch. Will the test be positive or negative?