What Converts Light Energy into Chemical Energy
In the Light-Dependent Reactions, Which Take Place at the Thylakoid Membrane, Chlorophyll Absorbs Energy from Sunlight and Then Converts It into Chemical...
When light excites chlorophyll The chlorophyll molecule?
A photon of light energy travels until it reaches a molecule of chlorophyll. The photon causes an electron in the chlorophyll to become “excited.” The energy given to the electron allows it to break free from an atom of the chlorophyll molecule. Chlorophyll is therefore said to “donate” an electron (Figure 5.12).
What is ADP and NADP?
ATP – Adenosine triphosphate. ADP – Adenosine diphosphate. NADP – Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate. NADPH – The reduced form of NADP. In the Light Dependent Processes i.e Light Reactions, the light strikes chlorophyll a in such a way as to excite electrons to a higher energy state.
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