{"id":1492,"date":"2024-02-18T14:55:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T09:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:06:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:36:09","slug":"q-which-one-of-the-following-is-the-process-involved-in-photosynthesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-one-of-the-following-is-the-process-involved-in-photosynthesis","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Which one of the following is the process involved in photosynthesis?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Potential energy is released to form free energy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free energy is converted into potential energy and stored<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food is oxidized to release carbon dioxide and water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oxygen is taken, and carbon dioxide and water vapour are given out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(b) Free energy is converted into potential energy and stored<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"photosynthesis\"><strong>Photosynthesis<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Photosynthesis is a biological process used by many cellular organisms&nbsp;<strong>to convert light energy into chemical energy<\/strong>, which is stored in organic compounds that can later be metabolized through cellular respiration to fuel the organism\u2019s activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>During photosynthesis in green plants, light energy is captured and&nbsp;<strong>used to convert water, carbon dioxide, and minerals into oxygen and energy-rich organic compounds.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Most plants, algae and cyanobacteria perform photosynthesis<\/strong>; such organisms are called photoautotrophs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photosynthesis is largely responsible for producing and maintaining the oxygen content of the Earth\u2019s atmosphere, and supplies most of the biological energy necessary for complex life on Earth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Photosynthesis-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Photosynthesis\" class=\"wp-image-47893\" style=\"width:602px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photosynthesis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(b) Free energy is converted into potential energy and stored Photosynthesis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[44],"years":[59],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-science-and-tech","years-59"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":44,"label":"Science and Tech"}],"years":[{"value":59,"label":"2014"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Science and Tech","slug":"science-and-tech","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":167,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1642,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions\/1642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}