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energy and wavelengths - ✔✔as energy increases, wavelength decreases
(a tiny wavelength has big energy - think concentration)
Interpret that chlorophyll in a leaf has different behavior than the isolated chlorophyll. -
✔✔in leaf - chlorophyll is intact and is paired with other reactions
in tube - chlorophyll gets excited but has no way to pass on energy so releases as light
energy
colors we perceive are based on which ___ - ✔✔wavelengths strike our eyes
plants use what type of energy for photosynthesis - ✔✔visible energy (what we see as
colors)
light strikes an object, what can happen - ✔✔reflected - bounces off (the color you see)
transmitted - passes through (when you see glass, clear)
absorbed - energy is transferred to molecules of object
black vs white absorbing and reflecting - ✔✔black - absorbs all
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, white - reflects all
photosynthesis - ✔✔*process by which light energy is used to makes food molecules
from CO2 and H2O
*takes place in chloroplasts which have chlorophyll (a pigment)
pigment - ✔✔molecules that absorb light of a particular wavelength (color)
*chlorophyll absorbs violet, blue, and red light
fluorescence - ✔✔a substance absorbs light energy and re-emits it at a different
wavelength
-reflection - light energy bounces off, not absorbed
-bio-luminescence - chem reactions from living organisms generate light energy
how fluorescence works - ✔✔energy of a photon is absorbed by a molecule and excites
an electron into a higher energy states, electron drops soon to its ground state, releasing
the energy as light (often of a larger wavelength)
do plants naturally fluoresce - ✔✔no bc plants capture the energy by PROTEINS! for
photosynthesis
light reactions - ✔✔in the: thylakoid membrane and lumen
uses: h20,
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