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A potted plant with variegated leaves was taken in order to prove a factor necessary for photosynthesis. The potted plant was kept in the dark for 24 hours and then placed in bright sunlight for a few hours. Observe the diagram and answer the questions:

A potted plant with variegated leaves was taken in order to prove a factor necessary for photosynthesis. The potted plant was kept in the dark for 24 hours and then placed in bright sunlight for a few hours. Observe the diagram and answer the questions.What aspect of photosynthesis is being tested in the above diagram? Why was the plant placed in the dark before beginning the experiment? Write a balanced chemical equation to represent the process of photosynthesis. What will be the result of starch test when performed on leaf A shown in the diagram? Draw a neat and labelled diagram of a chloroplast. Photosynthesis, Concise Biology Solutions ICSE Class 10.

(a) What aspect of photosynthesis is being tested in the above diagram?

(b) Why was the plant placed in the dark before beginning the experiment?

(c) Write a balanced chemical equation to represent the process of photosynthesis.

(d) What will be the result of starch test when performed on leaf A shown in the diagram?

(e) Draw a neat and labelled diagram of a chloroplast.

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(a) The above experiment is conducted to show that chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis.

(b) The plant was placed in the dark before beginning the experiment to destarch the leaves.

(c) Balanced chemical equation representing the process of photosynthesis is given below:

6CO2+12H2O  chlorophylllight energy  C6H12O6+6H2O+6O26CO2 + 12H2O \space \space \overset{\text{light energy}}{\underset{\text{chlorophyll}}{\longrightarrow}} \space \space C6H{12}O6 + 6H2O + 6O_2 \uparrow

(d) After the starch test on leaf A, only the green parts of the leaf turn bluish, showing the presence of starch.

(e) Below diagram shows Chloroplast with its different parts labelled:

Draw a neat and labelled diagram of a chloroplast. Photosynthesis, Concise Biology Solutions ICSE Class 10.

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