Suppose there were plants that had a high concentration of Chlorophyll b, but lacked chlorophyll a, would it carry out photosynthesis? Then why do plants have chlorophyll b and other accessory pigments?

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RuBisCO is an enzyme that acts both as a carboxylase and oxygenase. Why do you think RuBisCO carries out more carboxylation in C4 plants?

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Even though a very few cells in a C4 plant carry out the biosynthetic – Calvin pathway, yet they are highly productive. Can you discuss why?

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By looking at which internal structure of a plant you can tell whether a plant is C3 or C4? Explain.

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By looking at a plant externally , can you tell whether a plant is C3 or C4? Why and how?

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Analyse the events during every stage of cell cycle and notice how the following two parameters change (i) number of chromosomes (N) per cell (ii) amount of DNA content (C) per cell

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Can there be DNA replication without cell division?

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Can there be mitosis without DNA replication in ‘S’ phase?

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Discuss with your teacher about (i) haploid insects and lower plants where cell-division occurs, and (ii) some haploid cells in higher plants where cell-division does not occur.

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What is the significance of meiosis?

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