The most important function of chlorophyll is to

Absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Absorb water and minerals from the soil.

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Give green colour to the leaves.

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Perform photosynthesis in the presence of sunlight.

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Solution

The correct option is D Perform photosynthesis in the presence of sunlight.
Chlorophyll is mainly present in the thylakoids of the chloroplast. It helps to absorb light and transfer that light energy by resonance energy transfer to a specific chlorophyll pair in the reaction center of the photosystems. This sunlight absorbed helps in the process of photosynthesis.
So, the correct answer is option D.

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