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Photosynthesis in Higher Plants — BIOLOGY STD 11 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBIOLOGYPhotosynthesis in Higher Plants2 Marks
Question
Dark reactions are dependent on light but yet are called dark reactions. Justify.
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Answer

Dark reactions are dependent on light but not directly. Rather it is dependent on products of light reactions, which are ATP and NADPH. Since facilitation of dark reactions does not need light so they are called dark reactions.

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