OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
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Question
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What chemical is located in the chloroplast of plants that gives them the green pigment?
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angiosperm
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chlorophyll
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mesophyll
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pharnyx
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Chlorophyll is a pigment that gives plants their green color, and it helps plants create their own food through photosynthesis.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chlorophyll is responsible for the green color of many plants and algae. Seen through a microscope, chlorophyll is concentrated within organisms in structures called chloroplasts – shown here grouped inside plant cells.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chlorophyll is the light-absorbing pigment found in chloroplast. Since it is a light-absorbing pigment, it is also called as photoreceptor. It absorbs mostly blue light followed by red light hence it is green in color. It is of two types chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b.
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