DATA PAGE
for the "Photo" Side
of Photosynthesis
Names of the group members:


  1. SPECTROSCOPY

    1. What colors are the mercury emission lines?

    2. What colors are the sodium immision lines?

    3. What are your observations of
      • various leaves

      • clear colored plastics

      • flower petals.


  2. The RAINBOW

    1. What color is the converged rainbow?

    2. What color results when the red end of the rainbow is blocked?

    3. What color results when the blue end of the rainbow is blocked?

    4. What color results when both the red and blue sections of the rainbow are blocked?

    5. How can this be?

    6. Is this similar to holding the leaf between the light and the spectroscope?


  3. Further PROJECTED FUN

    1. When a transparency of the converged primary colors is projected onto the screen, what color is the spot on the screen?

    2. What does the spectroscope see?

    3. How can this be?


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