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2006-11-20 12:12:57 · 2 answers · asked by ChaChaChingThing 2 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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By using a spectrophotometer, scientists found that a green leaf absorbes mostly the blue and red portions of the spectrum, and reflects or rejects the green wavelengths. Therefore, green light is the worst, or most useless light, to give a green plant.
These reflected green wavelengths strike your eyes, and you see green.

2006-11-20 12:38:11 · answer #1 · answered by ursaitaliano70 7 · 0 0

The green pigment in leaves is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll absorbs red and blue light from the sunlight that falls on leaves. Therefore, the light reflected by the leaves is diminished in red and blue and appears green.

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2006-11-20 20:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by DanE 7 · 0 0

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