Question:
Why is grass green? [Youth]
Answer:
Greetings from IPL2,
I understand you need information regarding why grass appears green.
Grass appears green due to containing the substance chlorophyll, which absorbs all light waves except green. In addition to the sources I have provided below, there are many resources you can look at to get a deeper understanding of chlorophyll and how it works in plants.
Sources:
1 - Newton, Ask a Scientist - US Department of Energy, Office of Science
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99087.htm
The US Department of Energy is a governmental office and employs experts in various fields of science.
2 - Wiki Answers - Yahoo Answers
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120303102524AAW6P5z
While not an authoritative source, Yahoo Answers is a good place to start finding information. Some of the answers listed on this site are good and there are links to other sources.
A community of users maintains or edits this source. Because membership in this community may include non-experts, information taken from this source should be verified using other, more reliable sources.
3 - Chemistry - Times Higher Education
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=163816§ioncode=33
The Times Higher Education is a leading publication in the United Kingdom that focuses on news about universities. This resource is a book review on the pigments in chlorophyll that make grass green. This may be above your level, which is why I included it last.
In order to find these sources, I searched using the following:
http://www.google.com
The search term I used to find the first and third sources was “why grass is green”. The first source is the second search result and the third source is the fourth search result.
To find the second source, I used the search term “why grass is green science”. The second source is the third search result.
Thank you for visiting ipl2. I hope this has answered your question but if it hasn’t, please return to the site for additional assistance.
Why is grass green? [Youth]
Answer:
Greetings from IPL2,
I understand you need information regarding why grass appears green.
Grass appears green due to containing the substance chlorophyll, which absorbs all light waves except green. In addition to the sources I have provided below, there are many resources you can look at to get a deeper understanding of chlorophyll and how it works in plants.
Sources:
1 - Newton, Ask a Scientist - US Department of Energy, Office of Science
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99087.htm
The US Department of Energy is a governmental office and employs experts in various fields of science.
2 - Wiki Answers - Yahoo Answers
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120303102524AAW6P5z
While not an authoritative source, Yahoo Answers is a good place to start finding information. Some of the answers listed on this site are good and there are links to other sources.
A community of users maintains or edits this source. Because membership in this community may include non-experts, information taken from this source should be verified using other, more reliable sources.
3 - Chemistry - Times Higher Education
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=163816§ioncode=33
The Times Higher Education is a leading publication in the United Kingdom that focuses on news about universities. This resource is a book review on the pigments in chlorophyll that make grass green. This may be above your level, which is why I included it last.
In order to find these sources, I searched using the following:
http://www.google.com
The search term I used to find the first and third sources was “why grass is green”. The first source is the second search result and the third source is the fourth search result.
To find the second source, I used the search term “why grass is green science”. The second source is the third search result.
Thank you for visiting ipl2. I hope this has answered your question but if it hasn’t, please return to the site for additional assistance.