A plant that was grown in the dark continuously would: ________.

a. not be able to take in CO2 without sunlight.
b. remain healthy because plants have stored materials in their roots that can provide what the Calvin cycle needs.
c. not be able to split water to provide NADH.
d. continue to photosynthesize because to in carbon dioxide, the only outside input to the Calvin cycle, does not require sunlight.

Photosynthesis, which is the process by which plant species obtain their energy, occurs in two stages viz: light dependent phase and light independent phase. The light dependent phase of photosynthesis requires the energy from sunlight, which is captured by the chlorophyll pigments in the leaves of the plant.

The light energy captured by the chlorophyll is used to split water molecule in a process called PHOTOLYSIS OF WATER. Overall, ATP and NADH (electron donor) are products of the light dependent stage, which enters the next stage to complete the photosynthetic process.

Therefore, a plant that was grown in the dark i.e. no access to light, continuously would not be able to capture light energy and hence not be able to split water to provide NADH.

Larus Larus · Answer 2 · 2022-03-24T12:26:48+01:00

A plant that was grown in the dark spontaneously would not possess the tendency to split water to provide NADH.

What is photolysis of water?

The process by which the species of plant attain their energy, that is, photosynthesis, takes place in two stages:

Light independent phase
Light dependent phase

In the light dependent phase, energy is needed from sunlight, and is captivated by the chlorophyll pigments present in the leaves of the plant. This energy from the light is used to split the molecule of water by a process known as photolysis of water.

The products of the light dependent stage is ATP and NADH that enters the next phase to complete the process of photosynthesis. Therefore, a plant, which was grown in the dark, that is, having no accessibility to light, would not possess the tendency to captivate the energy from the sunlight and thus would fail to split the molecule of water to provide NADH.

Thus, the correct answer is option c.

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