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Is it true or false that only portions of visible light can be taken up by chlorophyll?
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True, obviously the green part of the spectrum is not used which is why chlorophyll looks green when illuminated with white light.
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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 is the green pigment in chloroplast and absorbs light energy from the sun?
Chlorophyll (mainly), though there are other accessory pigments. Chlorophyll usually absorbs light mainly in the red-orange to blue-violet parts of the visible light spectrum
What happens to sun light that strikes a leaf but is not trap by the chlorophyll?
It is either transmitted or reflected. Often, different portions of the light do both.
Are chromosomes and chromatids discretely visible under a light microscope?
no the answer is false
Why do artificial plant-growth lights have a light spectrum that favors the blue and red portions of the spectrum?
Chlorophyll, the main photosynthetic pigment of plants, absorbs mainly blue and red wavelengths from the Sun and reflects green ones, and it is this reflected light that gives plants their leafy color. Light can be split into red, green, and blue. Plants are green because they reflect the green portion of the spectrum, but consume the blue and red portions. Perhaps photosynthesis uses blue and red portions of spectrum, making a light spectrum that favors red and blue portions of the spectrum the best for plant growth.
What color of light is reflected by chlorophyll?
Chlorophyll reflects the green portion of the visible light spectrum, this is why most plants appear green in color
What characteristics are different between visible light and the portions of the electromagnetic spectrum the are not visible?
Frequency and so wavelength
Why does chlorophyll look green?
It absorbs all other wavelengths of visible light.
What wavelength of light does chlorophyll a reflect?
There are 2 different types of chlorophyll. Chlorophyll "a" absorbs light in the violet and red regions of the visible spectrum while chlorophyll "b" absorbs light in the blue and red regions of the visible spectrum.
What wavelenght of light make the leaves green?
Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Its name is derived from the Greek chloros "green"andphyllon "leaf". Chlorophyll absorbs light most strongly in the blue and red but poorly in the green portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, hence the green color of chlorophyll-containing tissues such as plant leaves.Green on the visible light spectrum exists between the wavelengths of 500nm and 550nm
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 does light absorbs?
Chlorophyll absorbs light most strongly in the blue and red but poorly in the green portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, hence the green color of chlorophyll-containing tissues like plant leaves
The absorption spectrum for chlorophyll reveals that it?
Chlorophylls absorb light most strongly in the red and violet portions of the spectrum. Green light is poorly absorbed so when white light (which contains the entire visible spectrum) shines on leaves, green rays are transmitted and reflected giving leaves their green color. The similarity of the action spectrum of photosynthesis and the absorption spectrum of chlorophyll tells us that chlorophylls are the most important pigments in the process.
Which portions of the electromagnetic spectrum are used in a single lens reflex camera?
Visible light.
What is the green pigment in chloroplast and absorbs light energy from the sun?
Chlorophyll (mainly), though there are other accessory pigments. Chlorophyll usually absorbs light mainly in the red-orange to blue-violet parts of the visible light spectrum
Which of these statements about the EM spectrum is false?
Most of the EM spectrum is visible light.
True or false visibe light with the shortest wavelength is red light?
No, red is the longest wavelength of visible light, with the lowest frequency and the least energy. Violet light has the shortest wavelenght, with the highest frequency and the most energy (of visible light).
