The commonest reaction is photosynthesis, which is how green plants use the Sun's energy to separate carbon from oxygen in carbon dioxide. This is an important part of the Carbon Cycle.
When free carbon and oxygen are re-combined to produce heat in a burning process, the energy is given off as heat and the product is carbon dioxide.
Chloroplast.
Chlorophyll is the pigment in plants that traps energy from the sun using photosynthesis.
Sunlight provides the energy that drives the reaction.
Sunlight provides the energy needed to drive the reaction and activate the molecules involved in the process. It helps break down reactants and form products by providing the necessary energy for chemical reactions to occur.
The green substance that traps sunlight in a plant is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a pigment found in the chloroplasts of plant cells that absorbs light energy during photosynthesis.
"chloroplast"
chlorophyll
Leaf
A light absorbing pigment or colored substance that traps the energy in sunlight
Chloroplasts in leaf cells absorb energy from the sun
Chloroplast.
Chlorophyll is the pigment in plants that traps energy from the sun using photosynthesis.
Chloroplasts in plants trap sunlight or light energy. They use this during photosynthesis. Carbon dioxide also traps the suns energy and that is why it is a greenhouse.
The chlorophyll found in chloroplasts utilises the sun's energy for photosynthesis.
light
Sunlight provides the energy that drives the reaction.
The chlorophyll pigments inside chloroplast trap sunlight during photosynthesis.