I did my science fair on how the different colors of light affect the production of chlorophyll in the leaves of a common houseplant (philodendron.) I found this topic on a website that also had an experiment where you cover the leaves with sleeves (transperency film) of the different colors of light. (red, green, blue, yellow, clear, and black.) It said to keep the sleeves on the leaves for one week than to record your results in a table of how much chlorophyll each leave produced. I did this one 10 plants and was not pleased with my results. I concluded that it went in this order of what color produced the most chlorophyll: clear, red, yellow, green, blue, then black. This may sound right but studies show that it should go: clear, red, blue, green, yellow, black. I am doing this experiment for another week, but am afraid to get the same results. Why do you think I got these results? By the way, its been very cold where I live (middle of winter) but the plants are still inside! Help!
2007-02-06
05:12:43
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