Photorespiration is .

(a) a process involving the addition of oxygen to ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate and the formation of the products 3- phosphoglycerate and 2-phosphoglycolate
(b) a process involving the addition of oxygen to ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate and the formation of ribose-1,5- diphosphate
(c) a process involving the carboxylation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate
(d) a process that rarely occurs in photosynthetic organisms

The correct answer will be Option-A

Explanation:

Photorespiration is the process which takes place in the conditions observed with high atmospheric temperature.

During these conditions, the binding affinity of the RUBISCO enzyme increases for the oxygen which leads to the formation of two compounds mainly which is a three-carbon compound called 3- phosphoglycerate and a two-carbon compound called 2-phosphoglycolate.

The three-carbon compound can enter the Calvin cycle but two carbon compound cannot enter the Calvin cycle and thus is usually lost.

Thus, option-A is the correct answer.

Naming binary (two-element) covalent compounds is similar to naming simple ionic compounds. The first element in the formula is simply listed using the name of the element. The second element is named by taking the stem of the element name and adding the suffix