Sentences with phrase «green chlorophyll»
"Green chlorophyll" refers to a substance found in plants that gives them their green color. It plays a crucial role in photosynthesis, which is the process by which plants convert sunlight into food and oxygen. Full definition
In December 2015, at the peak of the current El Nino event, there was more blue — and less green chlorophyll — in the Pacific Ocean off of Peru and Chile, compared to the previous year.
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From shades of blue and green, scientists can calculate the amount of green chlorophyll — and therefore the amount of phytoplankton present.
In addition to the verdant green chlorophyll, the peacock begonia contains photosynthetic structures called iridoplasts, says co-author Heather Whitney, an expert in plant surface interactions at the University.
Brown algae (class Phaeophyceae), which include kelps and rockweeds, have a third, brown accessory pigment that, when combined in different amounts with the green chlorophyll, creates their array of colors.
During the large 1997 - 1998 El Nino event, the green chlorophyll virtually disappeared from the coast of Chile.
Because leaf veins are very small and covered by photosynthetic cells rich in green chlorophyll, identifying the FT - producing cells was difficult.
Different pigments serve different functions: Green chlorophyll, which dominates during the growing season, absorbs light energy for photosynthesis, the conversion of carbon and water to sugar.
It is found concentrated in deep orange and green vegetables (the green chlorophyll covers up the orange pigment).
This dish is an explosion of antioxidants and nutrients from both the orange carotenoids in the sweet potato and the green chlorophyll in the spinach.
Superimposed on that are rectangles showing four steps of photosynthesis in extreme close - up: molecules of water going into the roots; yellow dots of sunlight filling a green chlorophyll vessel; energy emanating from one side of the chlorophyll vessel and splitting the water into two separate streams of oxygen and hydrogen; and energy emanating from the other side of the chlorophyll vessel, which demonstrates how the sun's energy is «trapped as little packets.»
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