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प्रश्न
Give technical term:
Name the process which is responsible for the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy that is essential to sustain life on this earth?
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उत्तर
Photosynthesis
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Give appropriate biological/technical terms for the following:
An apparatus that measures the rate of water uptake in a cut shoot due to transpiration.
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Xanthophyll is ______ coloured pigment.
How does carbon dioxide return to the atmosphere? Explain.
A student in order to study the importance of certain factors of photosynthesis took a potted plant and kept it in the dark for over 24 hours. Then in the early hours of the morning the student covered one of the leaves with black paper in the centre only. Student placed the potted plant in the sunlight for a few hours, and then tested the leaf which was covered with black paper for starch.
(i) What aspect of photosynthesis was being investigated?
(ii) Is there any control in this experiment? If so, state the name.
(iii) Why was the plant kept in the dark before the experiment?
(iv) Describe step by step how the candidate proceeded to test the leaf for the presence of starch.
Respiration is said to be the reversal of photosynthesis.
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The form of energy is converted into chemical energy during photosynthesis.
Give technical term:
What does ATP abbreviate for?
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word:
One of the products of ______of water is oxygen.
Choose the Odd One Out
Higher Order Thinking Skill.
Imagine that student A studied the importance of certain factors in photosynthesis. He took a potted plant and kept it in dark for 24 hours. In the early hours of the next morning, he covered one of the leaves with dark paper in the centre only. Then he placed the plant in sunlight for a few hours and tested the leaf which was covered with black paper for starch.
- What aspect of photosynthesis was being investigated?
- Why was the plant kept in the dark before the experiment?
- How will you prove that starch is present in the leaves?
- Name the raw materials needed for photosynthesis.
Study the pictures below and then complete the table by putting a plus (+) if the shoot or root grows towards the stimulus and a minus (-) if it grows away from it.

| Stimulus | Light | Gravity |
| Shoot | + | - |
| Root | ? | + |
