Q. A student sets up an experiment on photosynthesis as follow : He takes soda water in a glass tumbler and add a chlorophyll extracts into the contents and keeps the tumbler exposed sunlight hoping that he has provided necessary ingredient for photosynthesis to proceed (viz, $CO_{2}$, $H_{2}O$, chlorophyll and light). What do you think what will happen after, say few hours of exposure of light?
A) Photosynthesis will take place and glucose will produced
B) Photosynthesis will take place and starch will be produced which will turn the mixture turbid
C) Photosynthesis will not take place because $CO_{2}$ dissolves in soda water escapes into the atmosphere
D) Photosynthesis will not take place because intact chloroplasts are needed for the process
Explanation
Photosynthesis is a process, in which green plants manufacture their own food with help of carbon dioxide and water in presence of sunlight and takes place in chloroplast. In the question, no photosynthesis takes place because the chloroplast is not intact.
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker
Physics Educator & NEET/JEE Specialist
Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.