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What would happen if a plant has a mutation and did not produce pigment?
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If a plant could not produce pigment then it would not be able to carry out photosynthesis. The photosynthetic pigment in the plant captures the light energy from the sun and is able to convert it to chemical energy. On the microscopic level, electrons are excited due to the energy of the photons and they reach a high energy state. Once these electrons fall back to ground state they release energy. The energy is focused on chlorophyll "a" which has the ability to lose electrons due to its structure. The lost electrons move through a transport chain and end up reducing NADP+ and indirectly help produce ATP which are needed in the Calvin cycle to help produce glucose. So without pigments, nothing would be able to capture the light energy and initiate photosynthesis.
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What is the pigment that gives a plant its green color?
Chlorophyll a is the most abundant pigment and it is the pigment that reflects green.
What does photosynthesis need to produce glucose?
photosynthesis need to produce glucose because it is the green pigment that releases oxygen because plant doesn't need the oxygen
What is chlorophil?
Chlorophil is the pigment or color in a plant.
What is the plant pigment involved in the process of respiration?
Chlorophyll.
What are two processes that happen over and over again?
A seed plant that produces flowers , and a seed plant that doesn't produce flowers. Because that plant that produces flowers grows the flower over and over again , and so does the plant that doesn't produce flowers
Why can't you grow an albino plant?
Plant need chlorophyll, a pigment that reflects green light. So, you can not have a pigment free plant because that plant would not be able to produce food and structural material for itself.
What would happen to a plant that did not have pigment?
It would be white like my friend ben
What might happen to a plant that has a genetic mutation that result in shorter roots?
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What might happen to. A plant that has a genetic mutation that results in shorter roots?
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What might happen to a plant that has genetic mutation that results in shorter roots?
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Plant have no green pigment?
all plant commonly have a green pigment and that pigment is what we call as chlorophyll, if a plant don't have chlorophyll or green pigment it means that it is not a plant it is a fungi.
What do leaves get there color from?
chlorophyll is a green pigment that is used bty the plant to produce sugars by reacting sunlight with water and carbon dioxide.
Is it true that the greater amounts of the pigment carotene are produce when the skin is exposed to the sun?
Carotene is an orange or red plant pigment found in carrots and many other plant structures. It is a terpenoid hydrocarbon. You are thinking of melanin which reacts with sun to darken our skin, not carotene.
What is a gren plant pigment used in photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll is that pigment.
It is the green pigment found in plants?
The green pigment found in plants is chlorophyll, which produce food for the plant. In the Autumn, the chlorophyll starts to die (if that is the right word) and the leaves become brown, red, orange or yellow. In the Spring the plant retains its usual green colour.
What chemical is used to make photosynthesis happen?
The chemical used when a plant cell photosynthesizes is called chlorophyll, which is a pigment in the chloroplast of the cell.
What is the coloring in a plant?
pigment
