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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Why is the grass green?

I am learning about grass and I wondered why is the grass green.  Like many plants, most species of grass produce a bright pigment called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll absorbs blue light (high energy, short wavelengths) and red light (low energy, longer wavelengths) well, but mostly reflects green light, which accounts for your lawn'color.

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