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Exercise 3: Which colors (wave-lengths) of light are most effective in driving photosynthesis? Now you have determined which plant pigments are most photosynthetically active, and you know which wavelengths of light are absorbed by the different plant pigments, you should be able to predict which wavelengths of light allow the greatest amount of photosynthetic activity in leaves. In order to investigate this, we exposed aquatic plants to filtered light. Filters are transparent films that transmit a assortment of light wavelengths. The color of the limited light that passes through the filter is the color that you see. All other colors of light are absorbed by the filter. We measure how much oxygen aquatic plants produce as they photosynthesize by tapping the plants' containers until all oxygen bubbles were released from the plant and floated Figure 8. Experimental design. Inverted test tubes with similar-length sections of aquatic plants were covered with various filters and placed equal distances from lamps. The plants were allowed to photosynthesize for one hour. After this time, the tubes were tapped to release oxygen bubbles, and the diameter of the bubble produced was recorded. to the top of the tube. Then we measured the diameter of the oxygen "bubble." Some plants received full-spectrum light (no filter), but others were covered by blue, red, and green filters (which limit the wavelengths reaching the plant to blue, red, and green, respectively). Finally, one plant was be covered with aluminum foil, so that no light reached it. (see Figure 8).

Exercise 3: Which colors (wave-lengths) of light are most effective in driving photosynthesis? Now you have determined which plant pigments are most photosynthetically active, and you know which wavelengths of light are absorbed by the different plant pigments, you should be able to predict which wavelengths of light allow the greatest amount of photosynthetic activity in leaves. In order to investigate this, we exposed aquatic plants to filtered light. Filters are transparent films that transmit a assortment of light wavelengths. The color of the limited light that passes through the filter is the color that you see. All other colors of light are absorbed by the filter. We measure how much oxygen aquatic plants produce as they photosynthesize by tapping the plants' containers until all oxygen bubbles were released from the plant and floated Figure 8. Experimental design. Inverted test tubes with similar-length sections of aquatic plants were covered with various filters and placed equal distances from lamps. The plants were allowed to photosynthesize for one hour. After this time, the tubes were tapped to release oxygen bubbles, and the diameter of the bubble produced was recorded. to the top of the tube. Then we measured the diameter of the oxygen "bubble." Some plants received full-spectrum light (no filter), but others were covered by blue, red, and green filters (which limit the wavelengths reaching the plant to blue, red, and green, respectively). Finally, one plant was be covered with aluminum foil, so that no light reached it. (see Figure 8).

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Exercise 3: Which colors (wave-lengths) of light are most effective in driving photosynthesis? Now you have determined which plant pigments are most photosynthetically active, and you know which wavelengths of light are absorbed by the different plant pigments, you should be able to predict which wavelengths of light allow the greatest amount of photosynthetic activity in leaves. In order to investigate this, we exposed aquatic plants to filtered light. Filters are transparent films that transmit a limited assortment of light wavelengths. The color of the light that passes through the filter is the color that you see. All other colors of light are absorbed by the filter. We measure how much oxygen aquatic plants produce as they photosynthesize by tapping the plants' containers until all oxygen bubbles were released from the plant and floated Figure 8. Experimental design. Inverted test tubes with similar-length sections of aquatic plants were covered with various filters and placed equal distances from lamps. The plants were allowed to photosynthesize for one hour. After this time, the tubes were tapped to release oxygen bubbles, and the diameter of the bubble produced was recorded. to the top of the tube. Then we measured the diameter of the oxygen "bubble." Some plants received full-spectrum light (no filter), but others were covered by blue, red, and green filters (which limit the wavelengths reaching the plant to blue, red, and green, respectively). Finally, one plant was be covered with aluminum foil, so that no light reached it. (see Figure 8).
Transcribed Image Text:Exercise 3: Which colors (wave-lengths) of light are most effective in driving photosynthesis? Now you have determined which plant pigments are most photosynthetically active, and you know which wavelengths of light are absorbed by the different plant pigments, you should be able to predict which wavelengths of light allow the greatest amount of photosynthetic activity in leaves. In order to investigate this, we exposed aquatic plants to filtered light. Filters are transparent films that transmit a limited assortment of light wavelengths. The color of the light that passes through the filter is the color that you see. All other colors of light are absorbed by the filter. We measure how much oxygen aquatic plants produce as they photosynthesize by tapping the plants' containers until all oxygen bubbles were released from the plant and floated Figure 8. Experimental design. Inverted test tubes with similar-length sections of aquatic plants were covered with various filters and placed equal distances from lamps. The plants were allowed to photosynthesize for one hour. After this time, the tubes were tapped to release oxygen bubbles, and the diameter of the bubble produced was recorded. to the top of the tube. Then we measured the diameter of the oxygen "bubble." Some plants received full-spectrum light (no filter), but others were covered by blue, red, and green filters (which limit the wavelengths reaching the plant to blue, red, and green, respectively). Finally, one plant was be covered with aluminum foil, so that no light reached it. (see Figure 8).
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