Sel

f-
assessmentquest
ions
5.
02

5Phot
osy
nthesi
sandnut
ri
ti
oni
npl
ant
s-answer
s

1Agr eenplantcanmakeal lt
hesubstancesitneeds.I tbui
ldsupcarbohy
drat
esbyt he
process
ofphotosynthesi
s.I
nthisprocessi
tcombi neswat erf r hesoi
om t lwihcar
t bondioxi
de
fr
om theairtoform gl
ucose.Theenergyneededf ort hi
sprocesscomesfrom sunl
ight
whichisabsorbedbythechlorophy
lli
nthechl or
opl astsofl
eafcell
s.Thewasteproduct
oftheprocessisoxygen..
26CO2 +6H2O C6H12O6 +6O2
3(a)Indarknessagreenplantwil
lbet
akinginoxygenandgi
vingoutcar
bondi
oxi
de.
(b)Inbri
ghtsunli
ghtagreenplantwi
ll
bet aki
ngincar
bondioxi
deandgivi
ngout
oxygen.
Note:Watervapourwil
lal
sobeescapingfrom thel
eaf;
moresoinsunli
ght.
4Apl antr
espi
resal
lthet
ime.Dur
ingday
li
ghtphot
osy
nthesi
sandr
espi
rat
ionwi
l
lbe
goingonat
thesamet i
me.
5(
a)From gl
ucose,apl
antmakest hecarbohydr
atessucrose,
star
chandcel
l
ulose.
(
b)Carbohy
drateist
ransport
edroundtheplantassucrose.
(
c)Themainstoragecarbohydr
atei
nplantsisstar
ch.
6(a)Tomakeami noacidsandproteinsfr
om gl
ucose,
apl
antneedsasuppl
yofni
tr
ate
(
for
ni
trogen)andsulphate(
forsul
phur )
.
(b)Thesesubstancescomef rom thesoil
.
7(
a)TomakeATP( adenosi
netr
iphosphat
e)apl
antneedsasupplyofphosphat
eions.
(
b)Tomakechl
orophyllapl
antneedsasuppl
yofmagnesium i
ons.
8NPKcompoundf er
ti
li
sercontainsnit
rogen(N)asnitr
ate,
phosphorus(P)as
phosphateand
potassi
um (K)i
nsuit
abl
epr oport
ions.Alt
ernat
ivel
y,ammonium ni
tr
ate(NH4NO3)may
beusedasasour ceofnit
rogen,andsuperphosphatesasasourceofphosphorus.
9( a)Ifapottedpl
antiskeptindarknessfor48hour s,
allst
archini
tsleavesshoul
d
hav ebeen
conver
tedtosugarsandconduct edoutoftheleaves.Thi
sisdestarchi
ng.
(b)Tocheckont hedestarching,
oneoft heleavesorpartofaleafshouldbetest
ed
withi odi
ne
tomakesur ethel
eafisfreefrom star
ch.
10Theaccumulati
onofst
archi
napr ev
iousl
ydest
archedl
eafi
saccept
edasev
idence
thatphot
o-sy
nthesi
shasoccur
red.
11(a)Inanexper imenttofi
ndoutwhet herl
ightisneededf orphotosy
nthesi
s,li
ght
shouldbe
excludedf r
om adestarchedl
eaforpar tofadestarchedleaf.Af
terafewhoursof
sunl
ight
thecov eredleafandanexposedleaf(orsimplythepartl
ycov er
edleaf)shoul
dbe
test
ed
forstarch.Onlythepar
tswhichreceiv
edl i
ghtshouldgobl uewithiodi
ne.
 (b)Thecontr
olistheleaf,orpartoftheleaf
,whichhasnotbeenexposedt oli
ghtand
does
notcont
ainstarch.Al
ternati
vely
,ift
heexclusionoflightfr
om thel
eafi
sthought
tobethe
exper
iment,
thepar t
soft heleafexposedtolightconsti
tutet
hecontr
ol.
12( a)I
fa( suit
ablyprepared)leafgoesbluewithiodine,
ittell
sy out hatstar
chi s
present.
(
b)Unl esstheleafisknownt ohav ebeenfreefrom starchatt hebegi nni
ngoft he
experiment
youcannotconcl udet hatphotosynt
hesishasoccur r
ed.Thest ar
chmi ghtbe
permanent ly
presentinthisleaf
.Also, i
ntheabsenceofanexper i
ment al design(withacontrol
),
there
isnot el
li
ngwher ethest archhascomef rom.Itmighthav ebeenpr oducedf rom
sucrose
whichwast ransportedt otheleaffr
om anotherpartofthepl ant.