Biology
Given below is the figure of an experimental set-up, showing a physiological act of the plants. Study and answer the following questions.
(a) What is the objective of this experiment ?
(b) Name and define the process shown here.
(c) Why do we destarch the leaves before performing the experiment ?
(d) How do we destarch the leaves ?
(e) What will be the observation when we pour iodine solution over the bleached experimental leaf.
(f) Write a well-balanced equation of the above process.
Related Questions
Write the exact location of each :
(a) Chlorophyll
(b) Chloroplast in the parts of a plant
(c) Stroma
(d) Guard cells
(e) Palisade cells
Define the following terms:
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Thylakoids
(c) Chloroplast
(d) Photolysis of water
(e) Polymerisation
Give reasons/explain:
It is necessary to place a plant in the dark before starting an experiment on photosynthesis.
Give reasons/explain:
It is not possible to demonstrate respiration in a green plant kept in sunlight.