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An electron in a photosynthetic pigment that is excited to a higher energy state generally has one of two fates. The first option is the electron can return to its resting, unexcited state and, in the process, energy is released. Some of this energy can be transferred to a nearby molecule, bumping electrons in that molecule to a higher energy state. What is the other possible fate?

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The excited electron itself can be passed to another molecule

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