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प्रश्न
On a bright sunny day, water weeds growing in an aquarium were actively giving off bubbles of gas. Use this information to answer questions that follow:
- Name the process occurring in the water weed that has resulted in the evolution of these bubbles.
- Of what gas do these bubbles consist?
- Briefly describe the reactions occurring in the leaves of the water weeds leading to the evolution of these bubbles.
- Give an overall balanced chemical equation to represent the process named in (i) above.
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उत्तर
- Photosynthesis.
- Oxygen.
- The process that takes place first in the photolysis of water is H+ and OH- ions with the help of energy from sunlight. The hydroxyl ions combine to form hydrogen peroxide 2OH —> H2O2 which decompose to give molecular oxygen, i.e.,
2H2O2 ——> 2H2O + O2 - \[\ce{6CO2+12H2O ->[Light][ChlorophyII]C6H12O6+6H2O}\]
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The solvent used to dissolve the chlorophyll pigments while testing a leaf for starch is Soda lime.
Put a tick (✓ ) against the most appropriate alternative in the following statement.
Carbohydrates are stored by plants in the form of:
Put a tick (✓ ) against the most appropriate alternative in the following statement.
Stomata are present on the surface 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 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:
The chemical substance used to test the presence of starch in the cell of a leaf.
How does the light-dependent reaction differ from the light-independent reaction? What are the end product and reactants in each? Where does each reaction occur within the chloroplast?
The reactions of photosynthesis make up a biochemical pathway.
What is the end product of light and dark reactions of photosynthesis?
Name two raw materials for photosynthesis.
Name four essentials for photosynthesis.
