Chloroplast contains the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs radiant energy from the sun and converts it to potential energy. It then chemically combines the energy with water and carbon-dioxide via the process of photosynthesis to release the end products oxygen and glucose. Glucose is transported as sucrose and converted to an insoluble starch which acts as the reserve energy of a plant.
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Chloroplast can be found in the leaves, and the leaves are where the photosynthesis happens. The chloroplast changes the sunlight (light energy) to food for themselves, which in this case is starch, I think, which is a form of chemical energy.
Light energy --> chemical energy
That's energy being converted right there, since energy cannot be created or destroyed, just changed or transferred.
Light energy --> chemical energy
That's energy being converted right there, since energy cannot be created or destroyed, just changed or transferred.
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Chloroplasts are the main site of photosynthesis. meaning in presence of light, they absorbs the light energy and convert them in to chemical energy (starch).
as this does so it is called as energy converters.
as this does so it is called as energy converters.
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Because they capture sunlight, which is used for photosynthesis to prepare carbohydrates.
i.e. light energy is converted to chemical energy.
i.e. light energy is converted to chemical energy.
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they convert light energy of the sun into chemical energy(in the bonds of carbohydrates they produce like in glucose)
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Because they convert sunlight into energy
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Because in plants they absorb sunlight and then make it into plants food source/energy source