Which mechanism causes selective light absorption by chlorophyll molecules during photosynthesis?

💡 Explanation

When photons of specific wavelengths strike chlorophyll, electrons undergo electronic transitions between specific molecular orbitals because the photon energy matches the energy difference between these orbitals, causing selective light absorption. Therefore electron transition results, rather than energy transfer, vibrational excitation or polarisation, which require different light-matter interaction mechanisms.

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