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What is the reason to keep a plant in dark for 48 hours to conduct experiments on photosynthesis in plants?

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No, it cannot carry out photosynthesis. If sugar solution is given to plant as supplement, it maintains its growth upto certain extent.
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VIKRAM PUBLICATION ( ANDHRA PUBLICATION)-PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN HIGHER PLANTS -EXERCISES
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  2. By looking at a plant externally can you tell whether a plant is C(3) ...

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  3. Even though a very few cells in a C(4) plant carry out the biosynthet...

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  4. RUB is CO is an enzyme that acts as both as a carboxylase and oxygenas...

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  5. Suppose there were plants that had a high concentration of chlorophyll...

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  6. Why is the colour of a leaf kept in the dark frequently yellow or pale...

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  7. Why was the plant kept in dark and then in sunlight ?

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  8. Figure shows the effect of light on the rate of photosynthesis. Based ...

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  9. Give comparison between the following : a. C(3) and C(4) pathways ...

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  10. Cyanobacteria and some other photosynthetic bacteria do not have chlor...

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  11. Why photorespiration does not occur in C(4) plants ?

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  12. The orange colour of carrot root is due to the presence of

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  14. Photosynthetic organisms occur at different depths in oceam. Do they r...

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  15. Look at the acivities listed below. Reason out whether or not, work is...

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  16. The matrix of both chloroplast and mitochondria are similar in having

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  17. Write some of the events that occur in the chloroplasts during photosy...

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  18. Which of the following statements about absorption spectrum is correct...

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