Wavelength
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wavelength
The distance between crests of waves, such as those of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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The wavelength of light determines its color. For example, The wavelength of red is about 700 nm and the wavelength of blue light is about 470 nm.
Visible light is a part of a larger spectrum of radiation called the electromagnetic spectrum.
Short-wavelength radiation beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum ...
The shorter wavelengths of ultraviolet can be absorbed by DNA and damage it — causing mutations.
X-rays and gamma rays also damage DNA by generating ions within the cell. Thus these wavelengths represent ionizing radiation.
X ray Very short wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum; can penetrate soft tissue; although it is useful in medical diagnosis, it also damages tissue and causes mutations.
reciprocal of the wavelength (the interval from a given point on one sound wave to the equivalent point on the next sound wave), unit: Hertz = cycles/s
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A charted band of wavelengths of electromagnetic vibrations obtained by refraction and diffraction.
Chlorophyll a captures the blue-violet and red wavelengths of light and chlorophyll b, the blue and red-orange and the accessory pigments capture other wavelengths and pass them to chlorophyll a in the reaction centers.
However, because of the linkage between the opsin and the chromophore, the opsin also serves to tune the wavelength dependence of the light induced isomerization reaction in the chromophore.
Synchrotron radiation, combined with multiwavelength anomalous diffraction phasing, has revolutionized the discovery of new macromolecular structures.
Noncrystallographic applications to structural biology continue to expand.
Both pycocyanin and phycoerythrin fluoresce at a particular wavelength. That is, when they are exposed to strong light, they absorb the light energy, and release it by emitting light of a very narrow range of wavelengths.
Carotenoids and chlorophyll b absorb some of the energy in the green wavelength. Why not so much in the orange and yellow wavelengths? Both chlorophylls also absorb in the orange-red end of the spectrum (with longer wavelengths and lower energy).
The technology relies on the fact that fluorescent molecules absorb light at one wavelength and emit secondary (fluorescence) light at a longer wavelength.
Greenhouse gases differ in their ability to absorb specific wavelengths of infrared radiation. The heat retention capacity of methane is about 25 times greater than that of carbon dioxide.
Application of a radio-frequency signal to the transducer generates acoustic waves in the crystal that alter the index of diffraction of the crystal and result in diffraction of certain wavelengths of light.
Fluorescence is the property of a molecule illuminated with one wavelength (color) of light to emit a second, longer wavelength of lower energy. An example is fluorescent paint that glows when illuminated by a "black light".
Rest is lost reflection from leaves / heat loss / not all wavelengths are utilised / light strikes non-photosynthetic structures
10% of that are passed on along trophic levels
Rest is lost in respiration / as heat/faeces/urine ...
Xanthophylls in leaves have an important function as accessory pigments, capturing certain wavelengths of sunlight not absorbed by chlorophylls, and thereby increasing overall absorptance of the visible spectrum of sunlight.
Plant pigment other than chlorophyll that extends the range of light wavelengths useful in photosynthesis.
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Ultraviolet (UV) radiation
The part of the invivible electromagnetic spectrum (just below violet) with wavelengths between about 100-400 nm.
Plants mostly absorb red and blue wavelengths. When you see a color, it is actually a color that the object does NOT absorb. In the case of green plants, they do not absorb light from the green range.
X-rays Electromagnetic radiation emitted by atoms during extranuclear loss of energy of incident radiation or by atoms if certain radionucleotides during transformation of electron capture. X rays have wavelengths in the range of 1 picometers to ...
spectra, such as these, the display colors can still be quite similar (in the image to the left all 6 of these chromosomes appear "green"). Although to the human eye these appear to be the same color, subtle differences in their wavelengths can be ...
a light-harvesting complex, a reaction center, and an electron-transport chain. The system catalyzes the light-driven transfer of electrons from water to plastoquinone, with the concomitant generation of oxygen; it requires light of wavelength ...
Blue is not propagated well in ocean water, so they make a longer wavelength and they make it green.
 See also: Trans, Molecule, Organ, Action, Plant
  
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