Answer: C. There would be less glucose produced for respiration
Explanation:
Plants have many different types of chlorophyll, a type of pigment that helps plants absorb light energy from the sun. Light energy is necessary for photosynthesis to occur, as light energy is what excites the electrons in chloroplasts to move through the electron transport chain (ETC), thereby giving the ETC the energy necessary to form of proton gradient. The facilitated diffusion of hydrogen atoms through ATP synthase produces the ATP necessary to create glucose from carbon and water molecules.
Thus, a loss of chlorophyll would limit the amount of light energy captured by the plant. Therefore, photosynthesis would be less effective, resulting in less glucose being produced. Since glucose is a reactant in cellular respiration, the lack of glucose would limit cellular respiration in plants. Therefore, choice C is the correct answer as the loss of chlorophylls would limit glucose production in photosynthesis.