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Ans1) Visible light is the small part within the electromagnetic spectrum that

human eyes are sensitive to and can detect. Visible light waves consist of
different wavelengths. The colour of visible light depends on its wavelength.
These wavelengths range from 700 nm at the red end of the spectrum to 400 nm
at the violet end. White light is actually made of all of the colours of the rainbow
because it contains all wavelengths, and it is described as polychromatic light.
Now in order to isolate blue light from the other present colours, one must use
blue dye solution as it will absorb all the colours from red end of spectrum and
will only reflect the blue colours. In this way blue wavelength of light will be
filtered by using the blue dye solution.
Ans2) Absorbance of red light will be higher than that of blue light because Blue
light is absorbed not only by chlorophyll, but also by carotenoids, and some carotenoids are not
in the chloroplasts; further, carotenes and xanthophylls make up the carotenoids. Carotenes do
not transfer absorbed energy efficiently to chlorophyll, and thus some part of absorbed blue light
is not going to photosynthesis. On the other hand, all of red light is absorbed by chlorophylls and
used effectively. Hence for blue light the absorbency will be least and while moving towards red
light in spectrum, the absorbency will increase.

Ans3)

Now as you can see the alternating trend of rate of photosynthesis with change in wavelength.
Photosynthesis occurs minimum at green-yellow light wavelength whereas for red it is maximum.
This is the absorbance curve for different wavelengths in photosynthesis.

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