Elodea’s photosynthetic pigments were also extracted and used to plot an absorbance curve. Because plants are known to reflect green light, it was hypothesized that Elodea under the green bulb would have the lowest gross photosynthetic rate and the lowest absorbance on the spectrum. It was also hypothesized that Elodea under the red and blue lights would have the highest gross photosynthetic rates and the wavelengths corresponding to red, blue, and purple would have the highest
Elodea’s photosynthetic pigments were also extracted and used to plot an absorbance curve. Because plants are known to reflect green light, it was hypothesized that Elodea under the green bulb would have the lowest gross photosynthetic rate and the lowest absorbance on the spectrum. It was also hypothesized that Elodea under the red and blue lights would have the highest gross photosynthetic rates and the wavelengths corresponding to red, blue, and purple would have the highest