Chlorophyll, the molecule in plant cells that traps sunlight energy which is used to power the photosynthetic assembly of sugars, is green in colour.
Any molecule that appears green in colour when illuminated by white light (sunlight), is absorbing all the colours (spectrum) which make up white light EXCEPT the green part of the light spectrum, which it is reflected (so that the green light comes back to our eyes).
Thus as green light is being reflected away form the plants, the energy of green coloured light can not be used to promote photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll, the molecule in plant cells that traps sunlight energy which is used to power the photosynthetic assembly of sugars, is green in colour.
Any molecule that appears green in colour when illuminated by white light (sunlight), is absorbing all the colours (spectrum) which make up white light EXCEPT the green part of the light spectrum, which it is reflected (so that the green light comes back to our eyes).
chlorophyll is green therefore reflects green light not absorbs it so the electrons do not get excited to transfer energy to NADPH
The reason why green light causes plants to photosynthesis slower is because green light waves are reflected by plants, this is why you perceive them as green.
The green light is useless for photosynthesis because it is usually reflected back.
Photosynthetic pigments absorb blue, red and green lights. The wavelength of light that is the most effective in driving photosynthesis is 420 nanometers, which corresponds to blue light.
Green light does not promote photosynthesis because it is reflected off of a plants leaves. While most plants absorb all other wavelengths of electromagnetic rays from the sun, they reflect the wavelength for green light.
Green light. If you use the abbreviation ROY G. Biv ( red, orange yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet), you will always know that the red light has the longest wavelength and violet has the smallest wavelength. Wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional to one another. So if the wavelength is large, frequency is small, and when wavelength is small, frequency is large. Green light has a smaller wavelength than yellow. Likewise it has a higher frequency than yellow does. Therefore, green light has a higher frequency than yellow light.
plants use red and blue light for photosysnthesis, green is reflected back by the chloroplasts in the leaves - green light is therefore not used for photosysnthesis
Red and Blue light is absorbed by chlorophyll, the pigment that transforms light energy into chemical energy in photosynthesis, so that the light that is reflected off leaves appears green.
Photosynthetic pigments absorb blue, red and green lights. The wavelength of light that is the most effective in driving photosynthesis is 420 nanometers, which corresponds to blue light.
Green (~510nm) which is reflected by the plant and not absorbed at all
Green pigments do not help plants do anything. The reason plants are green is because what they are made out off can not absorb green wavelength light, so it reflects it. Edited answer: The green pigments help plants do photosynthesis. The green wave length of sunlight reflected has little role to play in photosynthesis. The red, violet, blue, orange and yellow spectrum of light are responsible to bring about photolysis of water to initiate photosynthesis in the chloroplasts.
Green light does not promote photosynthesis because it is reflected off of a plants leaves. While most plants absorb all other wavelengths of electromagnetic rays from the sun, they reflect the wavelength for green light.
No, the wavelengths are between visible light(around 400-600nm i guess)with the exception of the wavelength of green light.
Orange has a longer wavelength than yellow. On the spectrum of visible light red is longest and violet is shortest.
um it would be (approximately) the same wavelength of the green light in nanometers instead of any other color wavelength it would nanometers.
Green light. If you use the abbreviation ROY G. Biv ( red, orange yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet), you will always know that the red light has the longest wavelength and violet has the smallest wavelength. Wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional to one another. So if the wavelength is large, frequency is small, and when wavelength is small, frequency is large. Green light has a smaller wavelength than yellow. Likewise it has a higher frequency than yellow does. Therefore, green light has a higher frequency than yellow light.
plants use red and blue light for photosysnthesis, green is reflected back by the chloroplasts in the leaves - green light is therefore not used for photosysnthesis
Green light has the least affect on photosynthesis.
Red and Blue light is absorbed by chlorophyll, the pigment that transforms light energy into chemical energy in photosynthesis, so that the light that is reflected off leaves appears green.
Red light has the longest wavelength that's visible to the eye.Violet light, just past blue in the rainbow, has the shortest wavelengththat's visible to the eye. It's roughly half the size of a wave of red light.