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Photosynthesis is the process plants use to convert energy from the sun into the chemical energy stored in organic compounds. Pigment complexes in the chloroplasts of cells undergo a chain of reactions when light from the sun excites an electron.

a) Describe the ways that energy is converted between forms during the light reactions.

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n the light-dependent reactions, which take place at the thylakoid membrane, chlorophyll absorbs energy from sunlight and then converts it into chemical energy with the use of water. ... The lower energy form, NADP+, picks up a high energy electron and a proton and is converted to NADPH

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Step-by-step explanation:

You have the light reactions and the Calvin cycle. Describing them on here is silly just enter them into a search engine for individual def.

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