Why are plants not black ?

Subject: Why are plants not black ?

Date: Tue Feb 29 11:20:26 2000
Posted by chris chapple
Grade level: 10-12 School: Farnham College
City: No city entered. State/Province: Surrey Country: UK
Area of science: Botany
ID: 951844826.Bt

Message:


One of my best students asked ths. We had been discussing absorption and 
action spectra - chlorophylls a, b etc and she suggested that black 
pignments would absorb the green wavelengths and allow plants more energy 
for growth etc. I thought it might make plants too hot, but I was just 
guessing !

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