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Chlorophyll traps light for the same reason black clothes feel hotter: light absorption and reflection. When chlorophyll, a green pigment, gets hit with light, it reflects green light, absorbing the rest. This energy's then transformed by the pigment into signals for the rest of the plant to produce sugars.
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∙ 14y agochlorophyll traps sunlight which is needed in photosynthesis.
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∙ 13y agoChlorophyll is the pigment that gives plants and algae their green color. Plants use chlorophyll to trap light needed for photosynthesis.
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∙ 7y agolight energy (i think)
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Does chlorophyll trap glucose from sunlight?
no, chlorophyll traps the light energy from sunlight, and uses it in photosynthesis to make glucose.
What does Plants use pigments to collect or trap?
Mainly chlorophyll a, but also, other accessory pigments like chlorophyll b.
What is the main function of chlorophyll b?
Chlorophyll A is the primary and most common Chlorophyll pigment being used by plants in the natural process of photosynthesis. There are auxiliary pigments which are Chlorophyll B, C, D and E.
What is the substance in leaves that gives them their green colour?
The green color is caused by chlorophyll present in the chloroplasts of the leaf cells. Chloroplasts are found in plant cells; they have a green pigment which makes leaves green. In autumn, the leaves turn red and brown because the cells are dried out and dead. Chloroplasts trap solar energy (photosynthesis).
What is the function of chlorophyll in plants?
chlorophyll in chloroplast allows plants to trap sunlight energy. specialized pigment in chloroplast absorb sunlight and uses this energy to complete the chemical reaction; which is photosynthesis so that plant can manufacture glucose and carbohydrates that they can be stored for later use.
What traps chlorophyll?
Chlorophyll is the pigment that gives plants and algae their green color. Plants use chlorophyll to trap light needed for photosynthesis.
Contain green pigments that trap sunlight for photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll
What trap solar energy in photosynthesis?
a pigment called the chlorophyll found in the chloroplast
What causes a tree's to appear green?
Chlorophyll used by the tree's leaves to attract and trap sunlight energy for use in photosynthesis.
Does chlorophyll trap glucose from sunlight?
no, chlorophyll traps the light energy from sunlight, and uses it in photosynthesis to make glucose.
In photosynthesis plant cells use what to trap light energy and produce glucose?
photosynthesis is the process of how plants use carbon dioxide, water and sunlight and with the help of the chlorophyll (i probably spelled it wrong) cells convert all that into energy or calories. their "waste" is oxygen.
The functions of chlorophyll in plants are to?
They are used to trap light energy for the process of photosynthesis
Process by which autotrophs trap energy from sunlight with chlorophyll and use this energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into simple sugars?
photosynthesis
What is the function of green pigment in chlorophyll?
it will trap light energy from the sun and convert it into a form of energy that the plant can use during photosynthesis
What leaf cells are tightly packed and trap the energy in sunlight?
chlorophyll
What does Plants use pigments to collect or trap?
Mainly chlorophyll a, but also, other accessory pigments like chlorophyll b.
How are palisade cells adapted to trap light energy?
They contain large amounts of chlorophyll, which is necessary for photosynthesis.
