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Chlorophyll appears green becausea. The color of the pigment is due reflecting light they cannot absorb. b. You may already know that chlorophyll is the main photosynthetic pigment. c. Pigments are molecules that absorb some wavelengths of visible light.

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a. The color of the pigment is due reflecting light they cannot absorb.

Step-by-step explanation:

Chlorophyll looks green because its porphyrin ring (which has a magnesium atom in the middle) absorbs all wavelengths of visible light, except the green color wavelength.

Chlorophyll is an extremely important biomolecule, critical in photosynthesis, a process that allows plants and algae to produce energy from sunlight.

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