Photons Exciting an Electron to
a Higher Energy Level
When photons of visible light energy
strike certain atoms of pigments during photosynthesis, that energy may push
an electron from that atom to a higher energy level where it can be picked up
by an electron acceptor in an electron transport chain.
GIF Animation of Photons Exciting an Electron to a Higher Energy Level .jpg by Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology,
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.
Last updated: Feb., 2021
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