PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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Question
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It transports sugar and water to a plants leaves
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It captures the sun’s energy
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It drinks water from the soil the plant is in.
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It breathes in the carbon dioxide.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chlorophyll’s job in a plant is to absorb light-usually sunlight. The energy absorbed from light is transferred to two kinds of energy-storing molecules. Through photosynthesis, the plant uses the stored energy to convert carbon dioxide (absorbed from the air) and water into glucose, a type of sugar.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chlorophyll is the green colour pigment found in the leaves of plants. Chlorophyll plays a major role in photosynthesis. It helps in trapping the light energy from sun and convert it into chemical energy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chloroplasts Capture Sunlight When light strikes chlorophyll (or an accessory pigment) within the chloroplast, it energizes electrons within that molecule. These electrons jump up to higher energy levels; they have absorbed or captured, and now carry, that energy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Photosynthesis takes place in two stages: the light-dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle. In the light-dependent reactions, which take place at the thylakoid membrane, chlorophyll absorbs energy from sunlight and then converts it into chemical energy with the use of water.
Detailed explanation-5: -In plants, photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts, which contain the chlorophyll. Chloroplasts are surrounded by a double membrane and contain a third inner membrane, called the thylakoid membrane, that forms long folds within the organelle.