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प्रश्न
The solvent used to dissolve the chlorophyll pigments while testing a leaf for starch is Soda lime.
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उत्तर
The solvent used to dissolve the chlorophyll pigment while testing a leaf for starch is methylated spirit.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Short answer question.
What is the source of energy for photosynthesis?
Given below is the overall chemical equation of photosynthesis which is incomplete in certain respects.
\[\ce{CO2 + H2O ->[Chlorophyll] C6H12O6 + H2O + O2} \]
Rewrite the equation in its complete form .
Describe an experiment to prove that sunlight is necessary for photosynthesis.
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.
A leaf is a food factory. Explain.
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.
Write the reaction for photosynthesis?
The reactions of photosynthesis make up a biochemical pathway.
What is the end product of light and dark reactions of photosynthesis?
Can the stem of a plant be compared with a street with two-way traffic? Give reason.
