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Are green plants green because the green wavelengths of light are absorbed?
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∙ 13y ago
No. On the contrary, they are green because only green light is reflected, and all other colours are absorbed.
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True or false When light hits a plant all of the wavelengths of light are absorbed by chlorophyll?
No. There are only certain wavelengths of light that plants can use for photosynthesis.Plants have trouble using green light because it is reflected by the chlorophyll pigment (that is why leaves look green).
What green plants can use to make food because of chlorophyll?
Light in the blue and red wavelengths.
What color wavelengths of light do plants primarily absorb?
Different plants absorb different colors. Even different parts of plants absorb different colors. The color you see the plant as is the color being reflected rather than absorbed by the plant.
Which wavelength of light is absorbed the least by pigments in the spinach extract?
Blue-green. Most plants appear green because they do no absorb green pigments.
What three things can happen to light when they strike the chlorophyll molecule?
A substance´s color is due to chemical compounds called pigments. When light shines on a material that contains pigments, three things can happen to the different wavelengths: they can be transmitted, reflected, or absorbed.
What wavelengths of visible light can plants use as a source of energy?
Most of the visible light spectrum except green wavelengths is absorbed by the chlorophyll molecule and is usable in photosynthesis as a source of energy for plants.
What color wavelengths are absorbed during photosynthesis?
The green color is being absorbed
Why do plants appear blue at 255 meters?
Green wavelengths are absorbed at a depth of 250 meters, leaving only blue wavelengths. This deeper penetration is what causes the oceans to appear blue!
True or false When light hits a plant all of the wavelengths of light are absorbed by chlorophyll?
No. There are only certain wavelengths of light that plants can use for photosynthesis.Plants have trouble using green light because it is reflected by the chlorophyll pigment (that is why leaves look green).
Why do chlorophylls appear green?
Because it is reflecting green waves of light. This is how we see. The light that is reflected from an object is what is seen and the other wavelengths we do n ot see are absorbed by the object.
What green plants can use to make food because of chlorophyll?
Light in the blue and red wavelengths.
Why does the colour of blood turn green at a depth of 20 meters?
Red wavelengths are unable to penetrate to that depth as they are absorbed. Green wavelengths penetrate deep and therefore blood appears green!
Why is it that generally the leaves of plants is color green?
Because plants use chlorophyll to photosynthesize energy from solar radiation and chlorophyll is a bad absorber of light's green wavelengths.
What color wavelengths of light do plants primarily absorb?
Different plants absorb different colors. Even different parts of plants absorb different colors. The color you see the plant as is the color being reflected rather than absorbed by the plant.
What color is not absorbed by chloroplast?
Green light is not absorbed by plants, but is reflected.
Light of the green wavelengths is commonly absorbed by which accessory pigment?
Carotenoids and chlorophyll b absorb some of the energy in the green wavelength.
Which wavelength of light is absorbed the least by pigments in the spinach extract?
Blue-green. Most plants appear green because they do no absorb green pigments.
