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Could a wood fire substitute for sunlight in photosynthesis?
Practical problems (maintaining the flame, heat damage to plant, etc...) aside, could the light from a wood fire substitute for sunlight to grow plants?
The question could be rephrased "What aspects of light do plants require for growth, and does a wood fire emit them?"
Ok, UV light, got it.
So what type of fire does omit UV radiation? (besides the obvious)
NOT heat you say?
Oh no, and here I was completely forgetting fires produce light also- what a fool I was.
/sarcasm off
5 Answers
- yutgoyunLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes. The light just needs to be within the light spectrum that the plant can use, which is dependent on its accessory pigments.
Land plants will generally survive in anything other than green light.
And who said flames don't generate UV light? Some fire detectors are based on detecting the emission of UV.
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis#Light_... http://kentsimmons.uwinnipeg.ca/cm1504/Image171.gi... http://kentsimmons.uwinnipeg.ca/cm1504/photosynthe... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet#Fire_dete... - 1 decade ago
No. Fire doesn't radiate in the UV spectrum in the right places for photosynthesis to occur.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
No, because a burning wood fire does not give off ultra violet radiation.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
no no no no no!!!
two totally different things
plants need photons, which are units of light. NOT heat.
they enter plants' system for photosynthesis
and thats how they make food.
they need light for a reason!!!
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