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प्रश्न
Explain, why respiration is said to be a reversed process of photosynthesis?
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उत्तर
In respiration, energy is released as a result of oxidation of food, whereas in photosynthesis it is stored up in a carbohydrate molecule. Oxygen is used in respiration whereas it is given out as a by-product in photosynthesis.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The diagram given below represents an experiment to prove the importance of a factor in photosynthesis. Answer the questions that follow :
Explain the process of Photosynthesis.
State the main functions of the following:
Medulla Oblongata
Match the terms of column I with those in column II:
| Column I | Column II |
| (i) Stomata closed | (a) decomposers |
| (ii) Autotrophs | (b) light reaction |
| (iii) By-products of photosynthesis | (c) animals |
| (iv) Photolysis | (d) during night |
| (v) Bacteria and fungi | (e) green plants |
| ( f) oxygen |
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.
Photosynthesis in green plants is directly and indirectly dependent on so many plant structures.
Explain briefly the role of the following structures in this process is Phloem tissue in the leaf veins.
Draw a neat and well-labeled diagram of the apparatus you would set up to show that oxygen is given out during photosynthesis.
Fill in the blank by rearranging the letter in the bracket.
Pigment involved in the food synthesis is _________ (phllylochor).
______ is positively hydrotropic as well as positively geotropic.
Guard cells of stomata are green but cannot photosynthesize? Give reason.
Which of the following is not applicable to the process of photosynthesis?
