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A plant is kept in a dark room for about 24 hours before conducting any experiment on photosynthesis to
remove starch from the leaves
What type of reaction does carbondioxide undergo during independent phase?
Reduction
During photosynthesis, oxygen comes from
water
The rate of photosynthesis is not affected by
humidity
Chlorophyll in a leaf is required for
trapping light energy
The element found in chlorophyll
Magnesium
Splitting of water molecules into hydrogen ion and oxygen is called
photolysis
Light reaction takes place in
Grana/ Thylakoids
Plants store glucose in the form of
starch
Conversion of ADP to ATP in the presence of light is called
photophosphorylation
Light independent reaction takes place in
stroma
An example of water plant
hydrilla/ elodea
The chemical which absorbs CO2
potassium hydroxide, sodalime
An example of variegated leaf
geranium, croton, coleus
Which enzyme is involved in carbon-fixation reaction?
RUBISCO
The optimum temperature for photosynthesis is
25-35οC
