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y is the grass green..............!?
so i noticed that the grass is green so y is that
what is chlorphil
15 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Grass and most other plants are green because they contain a pigment
known as chlorophyll. The chlorophyll is used in the process of
photosynthesis where a plant produces sugar in the presence of
sunlight. In fact the word 'photosynthesis' means literally to
synthesize or 'make' from light (photo). There are, of course some
plants which do not contain chlorophyll, and these generally get their
nutrition (food) by other means. Some examples are the fungi which
decompose dead, and sometimes living, tissue, for their food.
You will find that a green plant needs light to make food. If the
source of light is cut off, the plant dies. Mushrooms, which are
fungi, do not require light to make food (they decompose matter
as I mentioned above) and you can find mushrooms growing in almost
total darkness.
hope this helps :)
- Ethan BLv 41 decade ago
For practicality's sake. Things are what they are. If you are a creationist, I suppose God created the grass that way. If you are not, I suppose it happened arbitrarily when our world formed and we over time have come to associate the color of green with nature. Scientifically speaking, the chlorophyll (a pigment in plants) makes it green, but then you may ask why the chlorophyll is green too. It just continues. It's up for you to decide how to interpret it.
- 1 decade ago
Because It Reflects Green Light But Absorbs All The Other Colours In The Rainbow/Spectrum
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Grass produces a pigment called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll assorbs high energy blue light and reflects green light,
This is why the grass is green.
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- 1 decade ago
The grass, as in almost all green plants, has something in their cells called "chlorophyll". This causes the plants to have a green appearence.
- 1 decade ago
it's cause the grass is filled with chlorophyll like all other plants. it's green and it's there for photosynthesis. if you don't understand, go read a book. no offense.
- 1 decade ago
chlorophyll. (I'll try and make this simple so I don't end up writing a really long answer) chlorophyll is the stuff in plants that allows them to make food for themselves but absorbing the energy in sunlight. chlorophyll itself is best at absorbing light that is red...but it sucks are absorbing green light. (as you you, sunlight is white, and white light is all the colors in the rainbow combined). Because chlorophyll sucks at absorbing green light, it relects the green light. When you see a green plant, its actually because the chlorophyll is reflecting the green light to your eyes.
- 1 decade ago
Chlorophyll in the grass's chloroplasts. If you really want to know, why don't you go to school and learn about it in 5th grade science.