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RuBisCo is an enzyme that acts both as a carboxylase and oxygenase. why do you think RuBisCo carries out more carboxylation in `C_4` plants?

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ASSAM ACADEMIC CENTRE-PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN HIGHER PLANTS -EXAMPLE
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  6. Look at leaves of the same plant on the shady side and compare it with...

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  7. Give comparison between the following : C2 and C4 pathways

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  8. Give comparison between the following : Cyclic and non-cyclic photopho...

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  9. Give comparison between the following : Anatomy of leaf in C3 and C4

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  10. Define photosynthesis.

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  11. What does the variegated leaf experiment of photosynthesis prove?

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  12. What does the half-leaf experiment on photosynthesis indicate?

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  13. Who showed that the green parts in plants only make glucose?

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  14. Name the organism Englemann used in his experiment.

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  15. Who first proposed that oxygen liberated in photosynthesis comes from ...

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  16. Name the hydrogen donor for carbon dioxide reduction in : green plants

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  17. Name the hydrogen donor for carbon dioxide reduction in : green /purpl...

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  18. Write the simple equation of photosynthesis as given by Van Neil.

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  19. Name the technique used for the separation of leaf pigments.

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  20. What is a pigment?

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