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What do skin cells produce in the presents of sunlight?
Vitamin D
Does skin produce vitamin b?
No, the skin is only capable of producing vitamin D in the presence of sunlight.
Is regulation of blood glucose is an example of homeostasis?
yes it is
What do skin cells produce in the presence of sunlight?
a kind of natural sunscreen called melanin African Americans have lots of it in their skin that is why they have darker skin tones
How do melanocytes in the skin contribute to the process of pigmentation?
Melanocytes are cells in the skin that produce melanin, the pigment responsible for skin color. When exposed to sunlight, melanocytes produce more melanin to protect the skin from UV damage. This process results in tanning or darkening of the skin.
Do plants using sunlight produce oxygen?
Yes, I agree 83%!
What happens to the melanin and or melanocytes when exposed to sunlight?
When exposed to sunlight, melanocytes produce more melanin to protect the skin by absorbing and dispersing UV radiation. This can result in the skin darkening or tanning as a protective response. Overexposure to sunlight can damage melanocytes, leading to conditions like sunburn or skin cancer.
What vitamin do skin cells produce in response to sunlight?
In white people, and other people with the right gene, Vitamin D. Everybody produces melanin when exposed to the sun. Melanin is the chemical that darkens your skin as a defense against the sun.
Should we think seriously about using sunlight and wind to produce power?
Yes we should.
Why does exposure to sunlight darken skin?
They used to say that a good healthy tan was good for you. It is however, not.The darkening of the skin is actually the cells burning or toasting. Nice thought huh? Too much sun can and does promote skin cancer which can be life threatening. Melonoma is a very dangerous type of skin cancer that if left untreated and checked can kill.
How are attacks of congenital erythropoietic protoporphyria prevented?
Avoiding exposure to sunlight and prevention of skin trauma or skin infection by using sunscreens and taking betacarotene supplements.
What type of organisms can use the engergy from the sun to make their own food?
Organisms that produce their own energy using sunlight are photosynthetic organisms. These are plants or other organisms that contain chloroplasts.
