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Question
(i) Identify the above diagram.
(ii) Label the guidelines 1-3.
(iii) Name the phenomenon which takes place in the above diagram.
(iv) Define the phenomenon.
(v) What is the importance of the above phenomenon?
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Solution
(i) Chloroplast.
(ii) 1. Granum
2. Stroma.
3. Thylakoids.
(iii) Photosynthesis.
(iv) Photosynthesis is the process by which living plant cells, containing chlorophyll, produce food substances (glucose and starch), from carbon dioxide and water, by using light energy. Plants release oxygen as a waste product during photosynthesis.
(v) Photosynthesis is the source of energy food and oxygen.
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