Biology 1202B Lecture 1: Photosynthesis 1

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Electromagnetic energy is given off by the sun due to the fusion of hydrogen. The distance between the crests of the waves determines type. The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see. Act like particles in motion- they have a fixed quantity of energy. The wavelength of light is universe to the amount of energy: violet has more energy than red light. Light has no mass, but still interacts with matter. It might be absorbed by the object: excites an electron raising the energy level. To be used as a source of energy it must be absorbed. Molecules which are very efficient at absorbing photons. Due to bonding arrangement of carbon atoms: alternating single and double bonds, conjugated system, electrons are delocalized and available to interact with a photon of light. Pigments differ in the wavelengths they absorb. A pigment"s colour depends on what wavelength it absorbs. Colour is the light the pigment does not absorb.

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