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What green substance found in plants absorbs sunlight?

Retry Correct Incorrect Chlorophyll is the green substance found in plants. It absorbs light most strongly from the blue part of the electromagnetic spectrum, followed by red. Chlorophyll was first discovered in 1917, by Pierre Joseph Pelletier and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou.

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What green substance found in plants absorbs sunlight?

• Chlorophyll
• Leaves
• Carbon Dioxide
• Oxygen