PHOTOSYNTHESIS
THE CHLOROPLAST
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red and blue
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green
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red and green
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yellow and blue
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Detailed explanation-1: -As shown in detail in the absorption spectra, chlorophyll absorbs light in the red (long wavelength) and the blue (short wavelength) regions of the visible light spectrum. Green light is not absorbed but reflected, making the plant appear green.
Detailed explanation-2: -Within the visible spectrum, green leaves have the highest absorptance in the blue region, followed by red. Green light is least absorbed by green leaves, which gives leaves their green appearance (McCree, 1971; Zhen et al., 2019).
Detailed explanation-3: -Blue (420-450nm) and Red (620-680nm): Chlorophyll a is the most abundant pigment in plants. Chlorophyll a absorbs light mostly 430nm (blue) and 662nm (red) wavelength light. It reflects green light so it appears green to us.
Detailed explanation-4: -Generally you can say that plants absorb primarily red (or red/orange) and blue light. It’s within the chloroplasts that all this light absorbing happens. The chloroplasts take the energy harnessed in these light rays and use it to make sugars for the plant to use in building more plant material = photosynthesis.