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What are thylakoids? What is their funct...

What are thylakoids? What is their function?

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These are fluid filled flattened sacs that form the membrane system in chloroplasts. Thylakoid membranes contain the chloroplast pigments.
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ICSE-PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN HIGHER PLANTS -REVIEW QUESTIONS (VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS) ( WITH ANSWER)
  1. What is the source of oxygen released during photosynthesis ?

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  2. Who demonstrated the photolysis of water by isolated chloroplasts?

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  3. What are thylakoids? What is their function?

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  4. What are grana? Where are they present?

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  5. Name the photosynthetic pigments present in higher plants.

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  6. Which molecule acts as a reaction centre?

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  7. Give one structural difference between chlorophylla and chlorophyll b.

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  8. Name the pigments that appear to be yellow orange or red in colour?

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  9. Name the region of light carotenoids absorption.

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  10. From which region does chlorophylla absorb the light?

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  11. Does absorption spectrum has any corelation to the action spectrum?

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  12. In which part of the chloroplast does light reaction occur?

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  13. Which phase of photosynthesis light or dark reaction is called biosynt...

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  14. Does dark reaction occur at night in the leaves?

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  15. Dark reaction does not need light then why does dark reaction not take...

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  16. Under which condition does chlorophyll a molecule change from the grou...

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  17. Where does the electron go that is released from the excited chlorophy...

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  18. Name the primary pigment molecules of PS I and PS II.

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  19. What happens in the Electron transport chain?

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  20. In which PS system does cyclic Photophosphorylation work?

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