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  • Splitting of water occurs during _____ in the _______ of grana.Option: 1 Dark reaction; lumenOption: 2<

Splitting of water occurs during _____ in the _______ of grana.

Option: 1

Dark reaction; lumen


Option: 2

Light reaction; thylakoids


Option: 3

Light reaction; lumen


Option: 4

Dark reaction; thylakoids


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  • Photosynthesis is a two-step process. 
  • The following reactions are involved in the process:
    • Light Reaction
    • Dark Reaction

Light Reaction:

  • It occurs in the grana. 
  • Grana contain the packets of chlorophyll called quantasomes. Each quantasome contains 230 molecules of chlorophyll.
  • Solar energy is trapped by the chlorophyll.
  • Splitting of water or photolysis of water occurs.
  • Oxygen is released.
  • ATP is produced in the process called photophosphorylation.
  • NADP is reduced to form NADPH.
  • It is depicted by the Hill’s Reaction.

Splitting of water occurs during light reaction in the lumen of grana. Hence, the correct answer is option c.

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