Light Intensity & Chlorophyll Breakdown — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptIncident light beyond a point causes the breakdown of chlorophyll and a decrease in photosynthesis.
Assertion (A): Excessive light intensity can be harmful to photosynthesis. Reason (R): Increase in incident light beyond a point causes breakdown of chlorophyll and decrease in photosynthesis.
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Correct answer: A — If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
NCERT confirms excessive light can harm photosynthesis (Assertion true). NCERT explicitly states “Increase in incident light beyond a point causes the breakdown of chlorophyll and a decrease in photosynthesis” - the Reason explains WHY excessive light is harmful (chlorophyll breakdown mechanism). Both are true and Reason provides the causal explanation for Assertion.
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