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प्रश्न
Name the following:
The chemical substance used to test the presence of starch in the cell of a leaf.
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उत्तर
Iodine
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Put a tick (✓ ) against the most appropriate alternative in the following statement.
Carbohydrates are stored by plants in the form of:
(i) Fill in the blanks in the following equations of two chemical reactions:
(a) \[\ce{---+12H2O->[Light energy]C6H12O6 + --- + ----}\]
(b) \[\ce{--- 6O2->[Chlorophyll] 6 --- +6 ---- + Energy}\]
(ii) Name the two processes represented by the above two reactions.
(iii) State any two differences in these processes other than those already indicated in the reactions.
(iv) Which one of these two reactions is the supporter of all life on earth?
A potted destarched plant was taken in order to prove that light is necessary for photosynthesis.
(i) What is meant by 'destarched plant'? How can it be destarched?
(ii) Using the destarched plant describe step by step how you would proceed to prove that in the absence of light the leaf cannot manufacture starch.
In the flowering plants, food is transported in the form of ______.
Enumerate the steps involved in testing a green leaf for the presence of starch.
What is meant by a destarched plant? How can it be destarched?
A candidate in order to study the importance of certain factors in photosynthesis took a potted plant and kept it in the dark for over 24 hours. Then in the early hours of the morning, she covered one of the leaves with black paper in the center only. She placed the potted plant in the sunlight for a few hours, and then tested the leaf which was covered with black paper for starch.
- What aspect of photosynthesis was being investigated?
- Is there any control in this experiment? If so, state the same.
- Why was the plant kept in the dark before the experiment?
- Describe step by step how the candidate proceeded to test the leaf for the presence of starch.
Name the following:
In-plant cells, carbohydrates are stored in which form.
______ food is made in their green stems.
Name four essentials for photosynthesis.
