See...the leaves absorbed all others colour and reflect green light, thus, we can see that the leaves green. However, if the green light is not absorbed, how can leaves photosynthesis??how is this possible??
2007-05-27 19:23:07 · 5 answers · asked by samsam 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
There are two types of chlorophyll. One is most sensitive to red-orange light, the other to blue-violet light. They absorb those wavelengths to use for photosynthesis. This leaves green as the only color that plants do not use at all.
Even though healthy plants look green, this is misleading--they actually are using every color EXCEPT green.
2007-05-27 20:00:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jay M is right, the leaves absorb every other color except green on the light spectrum. The blue spectrum simulates the mid day sun and red-orange spectrum is closer to dusk and dawn. Blue light is the best for vegetative growth, and the red spectrum is best for flowering, just in case you were wondering.
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2007-05-28 02:14:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they might advance taller and that they might maximize their photosynthetic floor. some flowers try this via increasing the scale of their leaves, yet this ideas-set purely works the place there is ample moisture. Many flowers that are adapted to dry climates, such because of the fact the palo verde tree and individuals of the cactus relatives have photosynthetic cells of their stems to maximise floor section for photosynthesis.
2016-12-18 06:19:27 · answer #3 · answered by goslin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They absorb sunlight. Look it up.
2007-05-27 19:32:36 · answer #4 · answered by Siouxsie 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sunlight
2007-05-28 05:56:26 · answer #5 · answered by Jeniv the Brit 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋