NEET BIOLOGY

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ are primary pigments used in photosystems
A
carotenoids
B
chlorophylls
C
reaction centres
D
carotene
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chlorophyll, the primary pigment used in photosynthesis, reflects green light and absorbs red and blue light most strongly. In plants, photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts, which contain the chlorophyll.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chlorophylla-a is the primary pigment for photosynthesis in plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some cofactors, chlorophylls a and b, and carotenoids (most importantly lutein, -carotene, and neoxanthin) are pigments so are key to photosynthetic light-absorption and are bound to specific sites in the pigment binding proteins of PSI and PSII.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both photosystems contain many pigments that help collect light energy, as well as a special pair of chlorophyll molecules found at the core (reaction center) of the photosystem. The special pair of photosystem I is called P700, while the special pair of photosystem II is called P680.

Detailed explanation-5: -The primary colors of pigment are cyan, magenta, and yellow, which can be mixed to make many other colors, but demonstrating this can be difficult if you want to use markers.

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