Question

What chemical role does chlorophyll play in the plant cell? Examine the structure of chlorophyll and explain how it’s structure allows it to play that role.

Answer 1

Role

helps in getting light energy to plants, traping same from blue and light red portions of electromagnetic radiations.

energy is used to combine CO2 AND H2O INTO SUGARS through the process called photosynthesis

The structure that allows it to play that role

Chlorophyll molecules are arranged in photosystems that are embedded in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts

chlorophyll helps in photosynthetic oxidation and reduction reactions

electrons are transferred from water to CO2

CO2 reduced by H2O via chlorophyll absorbing light energy excites an electron, after series of chain electron transfer steps finally electron transferred to CO2