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When sunlight shines on a leaf the leaf looks green why does the leaf look green

It absorbs all the white light and turn most of it into green light
It absorbs only the green part the light
It reflects the green light waves and absorbs most of the rest
It gives off its own green light

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Green light is not absorbed but reflected, making the plant appear green. Chlorophyll is found in the chloroplasts of plants. There are various types of chlorophyll structures, but plants contain chlorophyll a and b. These two types of chlorophyll differ only slightly, in the composition of a single side chain.

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The correct answer is the third, It reflects the green light waves and absorbs most of the rest.
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