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The splitting of water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen is called photolysis of water.
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  3. What is chemiosmosis? Who proposed the chemiosmotic hypothesis?

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  4. Which is the first CO(2) acceptor in C(3) pathway?

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  5. In CAM plants, why is acid concentration increased during night?

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  7. Who gave the law of limiting factors?

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  8. Give the summary equation of dark reaction.

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  9. Why have arid plants evolved C(4) pathway of photosynthesis?

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  17. Which ions are present in PS II? What role do the play?

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  19. In CAM plants, why is acid concentration increased during night?

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  20. Why is chlorophyll-a called an essential pigment?

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