If you ran the Engelmann experiment without passing light through a prism, what would you predict?
1. | The results will be unaffected. |
2. | Even distribution along the length. |
3. | Accumulation only in red wavelength zone. |
4. | More cluster in the middle than at the ends. |
The correct statements about photosynthesis include:
I: | the light-dependent reactions can occur only in the light, the light-independent reactions only in the dark |
II: | photorespiration is more efficient at producing glucose than is photosynthesis |
III: | the light-dependent reactions produce the energy-rich compounds that are used to run the light-independent reactions |
1. | I only | 2. | III only |
3. | I and III only | 4. | II and III only |
In cyclic electron flow:
1. | the electron begins in a pigment complex called photosystem I, passes from the primary acceptor to ferredoxin and then to plastoquinone, then to cytochrome b6f, and then to plastocyanin before returning to chlorophyll. |
2. | the electron begins in a pigment complex called photosystem II, passes from the primary acceptor to ferredoxin and then to plastoquinone, then to cytochrome b6f, and then to plastocyanin before returning to chlorophyll. |
3. | the electron begins in a pigment complex called photosystem I, passes from the primary acceptor to ferredoxin and then to plastocyanin, then to cytochrome b6f, and then to plastoquinone before returning to chlorophyll. |
4. | the electron begins in a pigment complex called photosystem II, passes from the primary acceptor to ferredoxin and then to plastocyanin, then to cytochrome b6f, and then to plastoquinone before returning to chlorophyll. |
Study the given diagram where ‘X’ represents the absorption spectrum of chlorophyll a and ‘Y’ represents the action spectrum of photosynthesis. The conclusions that can be drawn include:
I: | Chlorophyll a is the main pigment in photosynthesis. |
II: | Violet-Blue and Red wavelengths are very effective for photosynthesis. |
III: | Chlorophyll a is the only pigment capable of absorbing light. |
1. | I and II only | 2. | I and III only |
3. | II and III only | 4. | I, II and III |
Identify the correct relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration:
1. | while only autotrophs photosynthesize, only heterotrophs respire |
2. | while photosynthesis uses solar energy to convert inorganics to energy-rich organics, respiration breaks down energy-rich organics to synthesize ATP |
3. | photosynthesis occurs in day time and respiration at night |
4. | ATP cannot be formed during photosynthesis, it can only be formed in cellular respiration. |
The absorption spectrum shown in the given figure can be of:
1. Chlorophyll a
2. Chlorophyll b
3. Carotenoids
4. Either 1 or 2
Identify the incorrect statement regarding non-cyclic photophosphorylation:
1. | Being a light reaction, non-cyclic photophosphorylation occurs in the thylakoid membrane. |
2. | The photosystem II complex replaces its lost electrons from an external source. |
3. | It generates both ATP and NADPH |
4. | When the chloroplast runs low on ATP for the Calvin cycle, the plant may shift from cyclic to non-cyclic electron flow. |
Identify the incorrect statement regarding the light independent reactions in photosynthesis:
1. | These reactions occur in the stroma. |
2. | They use the products (ATP and NADPH) of light-dependent reactions. |
3. | They occur in the absence of light and hence are called the dark reactions. |
4. | The three phases are carbon fixation, reduction reactions, and ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) regeneration. |
The number of electrons that need to be transported during cyclic photophosphorylation in sulphur bacteria, to produce one molecule of ATP is:
1. one
2. two
3. three
4. four
The antenna pigment molecules:
1. | are responsible for photolysis of water to release oxygen |
2. | harvest photons and transfer light energy to the reaction-center chlorophyll |
3. | transfer electrons to chlorophyll a |
4. | transfer electrons to ferredoxin and then NADPH |