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

Updated On: Jul 7, 2022
  • Priestley
  • Ingenhousz
  • Sachs
  • Engelmann
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The Correct Option is B

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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.
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Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

Processes Of Photosynthesis in Higher Plants:

Photosynthesis in higher plants involves the following processes:

  • Light Reaction
  • Dark Reaction

Light Reaction:

  • This phenomenon occurs in the presence of light.
  • The pigment absorbs light and produces energy in the form of ATP.
  • The process involves- absorption of light, water splitting, the release of oxygen, and formation of ATP and NADPH.

Dark Reaction:

This process occurs in the absence of light in the stroma of the chloroplasts. The following cycles are involved in the process:

  1. Calvin Cycle (C3 Cycle)
  2. C4 Cycle (Hatch and Slack Pathway)