What colors of light does chlorophyll absorb?

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What colors of light does chlorophyll absorb?
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• Purpose Investigate the differences in the color
  spectrum between white light and light through a
  chlorophyll filter
• Materials spectroscope
• test tube of chlorophyll
• colored pencils
• Hypothesis Which colors do think the
  chlorophyll will absorb?
• Safety Precaution Be cautious with the
  chlorophyll and the glass ware.

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• Procedure List what you did step by step
• Diagram The color spectrums for sunlight,
• Fluorescent light, and the Chlorophyll filter.

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• Questions
• Which colors of light does chlorophyll absorb
  most effectively?
• How do chlorophyll and light interact to produce
  a green color?
• Which part of the visible spectrum is most
  important to synthesis? Why?

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Solar Powered Propeller

• Connect up the solar panel to the propeller
• Take the propeller outside and place the panel
  in
• Direct Sun Indirect Sun Shade
• 3. Qs
• What is the difference in propeller motion for
  each sun intensity?
• Does the propeller still work in the shade?
• Why or why not?
• Compare and contrast the solar propeller to
  photosynthesis in plants?