Photosynthesis is an endothermic process wherein light energy is used by green plants to manufacture their own food. A pigment chlorophyll found... View Article
The short answer to it is Chloroplasts. There are four types of plastids - Chromoplasts, Chloroplasts, Leucoplasts and Gerontoplasts. However,... View Article
No, photosynthesis does not occur in animal cells. Animal cells do not possess chloroplasts. Some unicellular eukaryotes such as Euglena contain... View Article
Some characteristics of photosynthesis are - Photosynthesis takes place in green plants. It produces the energy required by plants to carry... View Article
The process of osmosis causes living cells of plants to lose water causing the contraction or shrinking of constituents of the cell, away from... View Article
Plasmatic growth is the growth of the cell-size, its increase which leads to differentiation. In the plant cell, the process of development... View Article
Phytochromes are a class of photoreceptors and are important pigments. They are involved in some vital developmental processes and control the... View Article
Physiology is the stream of biology dealing with life-activities and functions of life or that which is living namely the cells, tissues or... View Article
Biodiversity refers to not only genetic and species diversity but also to ecological diversity. Biodiversity occurs during the course of... View Article
Biodiversity refers to the variability present at all the levels of biological organisation. It includes genetic diversity, species diversity and... View Article
Water undergoes photolysis during the light reaction of photosynthesis. Splitting of water results in the liberation of oxygen and it also... View Article
Plants fix atmospheric carbon dioxide to store energy in the form of carbohydrates. Carbon dioxide is assimilated in the dark reaction of... View Article
Limiting factor is the factor that is present in the minimal quantity and determines the rate of photosynthesis. Various external factors that... View Article
There are different types of pigments present in plants. These pigments are chemical compounds that absorb different wavelengths of light. The... View Article
Desert plants perform photosynthesis by the CAM pathway. It is also known as crassulacean acid metabolism. CAM pathway is adapted in plants... View Article
Photosynthesis is the process by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is assimilated and converted to glucose and oxygen is released. CO2 and H2O are... View Article
No, photosynthesis does not require oxygen, instead, oxygen is produced by photolysis of water and released in the atmosphere. Also Check:... View Article
Yes, photosynthesis requires ATP. The ATP is produced during the light reaction of photosynthesis by chemiosmosis, which is utilised in the dark... View Article
No, photosynthesis does not produce water, instead, water is split to give rise to oxygen and protons. Water splitting complex is associated with... View Article
Yes, plants produce oxygen during photosynthesis. Oxygen is produced by the photolysis of water. The water-splitting complex is associated with... View Article
