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प्रश्न
Are the following statement true or false? Give a reason in support of your answer.
Photosynthesis is considered as a process supporting all life on earth.
पर्याय
True
False
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उत्तर
This statement is true.
Explanation:
Plants perform photosynthesis, so all creatures eventually rely on them for nourishment. While carnivores eat animals, herbivores, dependent directly on plants, rely on plants, which generate food through photosynthesis.
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Given below is an experiment setup to demonstrate a particualr tropic movement in germinating seeds. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow :
(ii) Name the tropic movement shown by part 1.
The following statement is about photosynthesis in a green plant. Write whether it is True or False.
Photosynthesis occurs in all the cells of the plant.
The diagram alongside represents an experiment conducted to prove the importance of a factor in photosynthesis.

Study the same and then answer the questions that follow:
(i) Name the factor being studied in his experiment.
(ii) Why was the plant kept in a dark room before conducting the experiment?
(iii}Why was the experimental leaf then kept in
1. boiling water 2. methylated spirit?
(iv) Name the solution used to test for the presence of starch in the leaf.
(v) What will we observe in the experimental leaf at the end of the starch test?
(vi) Give a balanced chemical equation to represent the process of photosynthesis.
Explain the term Plastoquinone.
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word:
A dark reaction is a __________ reaction.
Complete the following sentence with appropriate word:
4OH ——> _____ + O2
Column ‘II’ is a list of items related to ideas in Column ‘I’. Match the term in Column ‘II’ with the suitable idea given in Column ‘I’.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (i) | Grana | (a) | Decomposers |
| (ii) | Autotrophs | (b) | Light reaction |
| (iii) | By-products of photosynthesis | (c) | Animals |
| (iv) | Photolysis | (d) | Oxygen |
| (v) | Bacteria and fungi | (e) | Stimulated by light |
| (vi) | Chloroplast | (f) | Power |
| (vii) | Oxygen and water | (g) | Raw material |
| (viii) | Sunlight | (h) | Machinery |
| (ix) | CO2 and water | (i) | End products |
| (x) | Glucose (sugar) | (j) | Workrooms |
| (xi) | Cells in the leaf | (k) | By-products. |
What is photosynthesis and wherein a cell does occur?
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 | ? | + |
Define the following term:
Photolysis of water
