Question

How do chloroplasts get energy from sunlight?

Answer 1

Plants are special in the manner that they possess the tendency to generate their own food with the help of energy they get from the sun. A component in the plants known as chloroplasts receives energy from the sunlight with the help of molecule chlorophyll. Chlorophyll along with certain other accessory pigments possesses the tendency to absorb a specific kind of wavelength of energy from the sun.

The molecule chlorophyll is located within the thylakoid. It has the tendency to absorb energy from the Sun, and it is also a specific pigment, which provides plants their green color.

Thus, the correct answer is chlorophyll and other pigments absorb energy from certain wavelengths of visible light.

Answer 2

Chlorophyll and other pigments absorb energy from certain wavelengths of visible light.