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Various experiments on photosynthesis - class-IX

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Which of the following scientists concluded by his experiments that green plant play a role in  purifying the noxious air only in the presence of sunlight?
  1. Priestley

  2. Ingenhousz

  3. Sachs

  4. Engelmann


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jan Ingenhousz (1730-1799), in his experiment with an aquatic plant, showed that in bright sunlight, small bubbles were formed around the green parts while in the dark, no such bubbles formed. He found out these bubbles to be of oxygen. He thus, confirmed that purification of air or formation of dephlogiston is carried out by green plants only in presence of sunlight. 

The leaf is boiled in alcohol for a few minutes using water bath, it is essential because

  1. Alcohol is highly volatile

  2. Alcohol dissolves the chlorophyll and decolourises the leaf.

  3. Alcohol cleans the leaf

  4. Alcohol gives the nutrients to the leaf


Correct Option: B

Consider the following pigments.
a. Carotenoids
b. Chlorophyll
c. Phycoerythrin
d. Phycocyanin
e. Phytochrome
The most likely sequence of the order in which they appeared during the process of evolution is?

  1. $1, 2, 3, 4, 5$

  2. $1, 2, 4, 3, 5$

  3. $1, 4, 3, 5, 2$

  4. $1, 4, 2, 3, 5$


Correct Option: A

When the rate of translocation is slow, the rate of photosynthesis shall:

  1. Decrease

  2. Increase

  3. Remain unchanged

  4. Become zero


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Water in the plant is transported using a pressure flow mechanism. Translocation is the transport of nutrients and carbohydrates from source to sink, which is performed by the phloem. Pholem and xylem are present adjacent to each other in the vascular bundle of the plant. When the sugar ie sucrose is produced in the mesophyll of the leaves is produced it is transferred to the phloem to be transported. As the sugar concentration in the phloem increases water is diffused in the phloem from the xylem and this is what we call ascent of sap. When the water is diffused in the cells due the rigid wall the pressure in the cell increases. due to increase in the pressure at the source and low pressure at the sink the water along with the sugar is transported. As the sugar reaches the sink and leaves the cell water also moves out of the cell. Therefore the rate of photosynthesis is dependent on translocation rate. As the rate of translocation decreases the rate of photosynthesis also decreases.

  • Therefore, option A is correct. 

The process in which liquid water changes into gas is called

  1. Precipitation

  2. Condensation

  3. Evaporation

  4. Transpiration


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sun derives the water cycle, heats up water in ocean and seas, and then water vapours evaporate to air. As the vapours move upward the cool temperature there causes it to condense into clouds and they fall as precipitate like rain, hailstone etc.

Which of the following is the least effective in photosynthesis?

  1. Red light

  2. Blue light

  3. Green light

  4. Violet


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Green is the least effective color of light in driving photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occurs in plants and algae using chlorophyll, and because chlorophyll reflects rather than absorbs green light, green light cannot be used in the photosynthetic process.
So, the correct answer is option C.

The pigment that absorbs red and far red light in plant is 

  1. Cytochrome.

  2. Xanthophyll.

  3. Phytochrome.

  4. Carotene.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Phytochrome is a photoreceptor, a pigment that plants, and some bacteria and fungi, use to detect light. It is sensitive to light in the red and far-red region of the visible spectrum. Many flowering plants use it to regulate the time of flowering based on the length of day and night (photoperiodism) and to set circadian rhythms. It also regulates other responses including the germination of seeds, elongation of seedlings, the size, shape, and number of leaves, the synthesis of chlorophyll, and the straightening of the epicotyl or hypocotyl hook of dicot seedlings. 

So, the correct answer is option C.

It is advantageous to use a water plant to demonstrate photosynthesis other than a land plant because

  1. It photosynthesize rapidly

  2. It respires slowly

  3. It does not transpire

  4. O$ _2$ bubbles from cut water plant can be collected over H$ _2 $O


Correct Option: C

The phenomenon of response seen in plants towards light is called as 

  1. Phototropism.

  2. Geotropism.

  3. Reflex action.

  4. Spectroscopy.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Geotropism (also known as gravitropism) is a turning or growth movement by a plant or fungus in response to gravity. It is a general feature of all higher and many lower plants as well as other organisms. 

Phototropism is the orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light, either toward the source of light (positive phototropism) or away from it (negative phototropism).
A reflex action, differently known as a reflex, is an involuntary and nearly instantaneous movement in response to a stimulus. Scientific use of the term "reflex" refers to a behavior that is mediated via the reflex arc. 
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, by a prism. 
So, the correct answer is option A.

Word dark reaction for biosynthetic phase of photosynthesis is misnomer word because ___________________.

  1. Dark reaction occur during dark

  2. Dark reaction occur during day

  3. Dark reaction is completely free from light

  4. Dark reaction occur during short dark intervals


Correct Option: A

The chemical compound used in the experiment to show that oxygen is evolved during photosynthesis is

  1. KOH.

  2. NaOH.

  3. KHCO$ _{3}$.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: C

In 1772, Joseph Priestley demonstrated that

  1. Plants foul the air

  2. Animals purify the air during day time

  3. Plants and animals restore air for each other

  4. Plants get killed in the air produced by animals


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen which is used by the plant and animals. He demonstrated that plants liberate oxygen as a product during photosynthesis and that oxygen is utilised by the animals during respiration. Further, plant consumes the carbon dioxide, exhaled by the animals, to carry out photosynthesis. Thus plants and animals restore air for each other.
So the correct answer is 'Plants and animals restore air for each other'.

A green plant bends towards the source of light when exposed to the light on only one side, it bends towards the source of light as it grows. Which of the following is the best explanation of the phenomenon 

  1. The apices of their stems are attracted by light

  2. They need light for photosynthesis

  3. Some auxins accumulates on the shaded side to induce greater cell elongation on that side

  4. Light stimulates the cells on the illuminated side to increase in length


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Accumulation of auxin as the apex of the plant, which is responsible for the phototropism movement so that plant cells are elongated.

So the correct option is C.

Hydrilla leaf is used in an experiment to test that

  1. Chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis.

  2. Light is necessary for photosynthesis.

  3. CO$ _{2}$ is necessary for photosynthesis.

  4. Oxygen is evolved during photosynthesis.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To test that oxygen is evolved during photosynthesis few fresh Hydrilla plants in a glass beaker filled with water. A pinch of KHCO$ _{3}$ is added to it. It is kept in sunlight. After some time some bubbles (oxygen) escapes from the plant. This proves that oxygen is produced during the photosynthesis. It is evolved during the light reaction of the photosynthesis.

So, the correct answer is option D.

Two green plants are kept separately in oxygen free containers, one in the dark and the other in continuous light. Which one will live longer? 

  1. The plant kept in dark

  2. The plant kept in light

  3. Both the plants will live for the same time

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The plant kept in continuous light will live longer, because it will be able to produce oxygen required for its respiration by the process of photosynthesis.

Oxygen is evolved as a by-product of photosynthesis during photolysis of water.
So, the correct answer is option B.

(i) Pluck the leaf to be experimented
(ii) Cover a portion of leaf on both sides by using strips of black paper
(iii) Keep the plant in dark place for three days to destarch its leaves.
(iv) Test the experimental leaf the the presence of starch 
(v) Expose the plant to sunlight for four hours 
(vi) Remove the black paper strip from the leaf

Given in the box are steps written randomly for the experiment to show that light is essential for photosynthesis. Which of the following sequences of steps is to be followed by the successful run of the experiment?

  1. (i), (iii), (ii) (iv), (v), (vi)

  2. (ii), (i), (v), (vi), (iii), (iv)

  3. (iii), (ii), (v), (i), (vi), (iv)

  4. (v), (ii), (i), (iii), (iv), (vi)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The starch in the leaves is eliminated by keeping the plant in a dark place for 3 days. A leaf is selected and covered with a black strip on both sides. The plant is kept in sunlight for 4 hours. The experimental leaf is plucked and the strip is removed from it to perform the starch test. It is found that he leaf covered with black paper will turn brown and the part of the exposed leaf will turn blue-black. This result proves that starch is formed in the leaf where sunlight is available and is not formed in absence sunlight. Thus the correct answer is option  C.

UV or X-ray radiation is NOT suitable for photosynthesis is green plants because such a radiation.

  1. Is not visible

  2. Is not absorbed by chlorophyll

  3. Causes ionization of chlorophyll

  4. Leads to an increase in rotational and vibration energy of chlorophyll


Correct Option: A

How many molecules of water are needed by a green plant to produce one molecule of hexose reduce $6$ molecules of $CO _{2}$?

  1. $6$

  2. $12$

  3. $24$

  4. Only one


Correct Option: A

Oxygen evolution takes place during photosynthesis in green plants but not in bacterial photosynthesis, because _________________.

  1. Bacteria are prokaryotic and green plants are eukaryotic

  2. Only photo system I is present in bacterial photosynthesis

  3. Bacterial cell wall composition is different from green plant cell wall

  4. Rate of $O _2$ consumption in bacteria is higher than that in green plants


Correct Option: A

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer.

List-I List-II
a. Richnmond lang effect $1$. Reversal of red-drop
b. Emerson effect $2$. Inhabitation of glycolysis by oxygen
c. Pasteur effect $3$. Inhibition of photosynthesis by oxygen
d. Warburg effect $4$. Senscescence retardation in detached leaves
  1. A-$1$, B-$4$, C-$2$, D-$3$

  2. A-$4$, B-$1$, C-$3$, D-$2$

  3. A-$1$, B-$4$, C-$3$, D-$2$

  4. A-$4$, B-$1$, C-$2$, D-$3$


Correct Option: A

The upper dormant seeds of cocklebur(Xanthium) germinate only under high oxygen levels. The oxygen is required for _______________.

  1. Degradation of inhibitors

  2. Synthesis of promoters

  3. Respiration

  4. Photorespiration


Correct Option: A
Ingenhousz in an experiment showed that in bright sunlight, small bubbles were formed around the green parts of the plant, while in the dark, they did not. He identified these bubbles to be of ____________.
  1. $CO _{2}$

  2. $H _{2} O $

  3. $O _{2} $

  4. $H _{2} $


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Jan Ingenhousz (1730-1799), in his experiment with an aquatic plant, showed that in bright sunlight, small bubbles were formed around the green parts while in the dark, no such bubbles formed. He found out these bubbles to be of oxygen. He thus, confirmed that purification of air or formation of dephlogiston is carried out by green plants only in presence of sunlight. 

Who observed that when chlorella cells are exposed to continuous light, the rate of  photosynthesis was less as compared to those exposed in intermittent light?

  1. Arnon

  2. Emerson

  3. Warburg

  4. Ruben


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Warburg discovered that a decrease in photosynthesis by increasing the oxygen concentration. Oxygen is the competitive inhibitor of the carbon dioxide fixation by RuBisCo, which initiates photosynthesis. Furthermore, oxygen stimulates photorespiration which reduces photosynthetic output. These two mechanisms working together are responsible for the Warburg effect. So, this option is incorrect.
  • Arnon discovered the photosynthetic phosphorylation. So, this option is incorrect.
  • Samuel Ruben discovered that oxygen, which is released during photosynthesis came from a water molecule. So, this option is incorrect.
  • Emerson observed that when Chlorella cells are exposed to continuous light, the rate of photosynthesis was less as compared to those exposed to the intermittent light. 

So, the correct answer is option B.

A beaker is filled with water and twigs of Hydrilla are inserted in the funnel so that the cut ends are in the tube of the funnel and the funnel is put in the water. Then a test tube full of water is inverted over the inverted funnel. Air bubbles from the plant collect at the tip of the tube. This experiment demonstrates that oxygen is evolved during photosynthesis. But, if boiled water is used instead of pond water in which Hydrilla grows, then?

  1. Air bubbles are not produced

  2. Air bubbles are produced in large numbers

  3. Only a few air bubbles are produced

  4. Only one air bubble is produced


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

If boiled water is used in the test tube, there will be no air bubbles. This is hydrilla cannot survive the high temperature of boiled water. 

So, option A is the correct answer.

A plant was kept in a dark room for a week. When its leaves are tested with iodine solution, it did not show the presence of starch. From this experiment we can conclude that _____ is required for photosynthesis.

  1. Sunlight

  2. Iodine

  3. Starch

  4. Darkness


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sunlight is essential for photosynthesis as the plant is kept in dark room for a week there is a lack of sunlight hence photosynthesis has not taken place.

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