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What is the effect of light on the color of grass leaves (as a phenotype)? What is the
effect on the color in absence of light?Question Date: 2011-05-25Answer 1:
Your question is excellent and it goes much deeper than you may think. Light is a form of
energy and therefore travels in the shape of a wave. The distance between individual waves
of light is referred to as the wavelength. See the diagram below.click-hereIn the entire
spectrum of light a very small range represents visible light. Visible light is made up of a
range of wavelengths from violet (purple) at 380 nanometers to red at 620-760 nanometers.
Imagine 3 feet divided into 1,000,000,000 (1 billion) different segments and this is the size of
one nanometer! We can not actually see visible light, but we can see light when it is
reflected off any object, like a blade of grass. For example, if you are in a dark room and you
turn on a flashlight you can see a beam of light. The reason you can see that light is because
the waves of light energy are being reflected by dust particles in the air! That means that
you see the light that is reflected by an object, the dust reflects the entire spectrum of light,
making it appear white.This explains how we see color. Each object is made up of matter.
The matter in a blade of grass has chemical properties that both absorb and reflect visible
light. When an object absorbs light of a particular wavelength you do not see that color.
When an object reflects light of a particular color this is what you can see. Plants are green
because they contain a molecule called chlorophyll. This molecule absorbs blue and red
light and reflects light in the green wavelength; that is why it looks green. That answers your
first question.Now, I bet you could answer your next question....in the absence of light,
would you expect to see color? Nope :). What if you only use red light, or blue light? Feel
free to let me know your answer...
Answer 2:
Great question!The color of grass leaves (usually green) is mostly due to the absorbance of
the other wavelengths of visible light by chlorophyll. Therefore, any differences in gene
expression (that ultimately determine phenotype) that affect the concentration of
chlorophyll in the leaf will, in turn, affect the color of that leaf. My guess is that, in the
absence of light, you could still measure chlorophyll concentration, and assume what the
color would be. However, you need transmitted (reflected) light in order to perceive color. I
don't know, if a tree falls in the forest, and none is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Hope this helps. Keep the questions coming!

THESE ARE THE QUESTION OF PHYSIC AND SCIENCE. ACTUALLY NO ONE COULD
REMEMBE

Ok.For this you need 2 things.

1.A Ball. 2.A Stopwatch.


Now,Go to the terrace of that building,and drop that ball from from there to the ground.The
moment you leave the ball to drop,start the “Stopwatch” and the moment the ball touches
the ground you stop that watch and note down the TIME the ball took to reach the ground
from the terrace.

Second thing you need is the velocity of the ball.For that apply the formula of kinematics,
(v=u+at).In this “u” is initial velocity,which is zero. “a” is accleration due to gravity,take it 9.81
m/s*s. “t” is time of travel of the ball,and you have calculated it.

From this eqaution you got to know the VELOCITY of travel.

Now,the final step.I need the height of building.

I will apply the simple school formula,(Speed=Distance/Time).

I have the Speed,I have the Time,hence i can calculate the Distance,which is the height of
the building.

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