Friday, April 6, 2012

Absorption spectrum of photosynthetic pigments


Absorption spectrum -is a
plots pigment’s light absorption versus __________ which shows the effectiveness of different wavelength for photosynthesis


Absorption spectrum differ in each pigment
  • ______________-the dominant pigment absorbs best in the red (647-760nm) & violet blue (422-492nm) wavelengths, and at least in the green (500-600nm).
  • Other pigments absorb light of different wavelength.
Answers
1.Chlorophyll a
2.Wavelength