Question

What is the function of chlorophyll

Answer 1

Chlorophyll molecules are contained inside chloroplasts, which are the food producers of the cell found in all green parts of a plant. Inside the chloroplasts, we also find thylakoid membranes, which contain photosystems.Photosystems are made of a group of light-harvesting complexes, which is just a fancy term for pigment molecules and proteins. Two photosystems have been identified: photosystem I and photosystem II.

The chlorophyll molecules are arranged in and around the photosystems, and this allows them to transfer the light energy into the center of the photosystem. This light energy comes from photons. Photons are one way that light travels, as discrete packets of energy.

Answer 2

Chlorophyll’s function in plants is to absorb light and transfer it through the plant during photosynthesis. The chlorophyll in a plant is found on the thylakoids in the chloroplasts.