The leaves of an oak tree are green and those leaves use light to help the tree grow. If the tree were exposed only to green light
A) it would grow more quickly because green light is used by the tree.
B) the growth rate of the tree would not change.
C) it would not grow well because the tree does not use much green light compared to other wavelengths.
D) the growth rate would depend on how hot the green light was.

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Plants, including oak trees, primarily absorb red and blue wavelengths of light for photosynthesis and reflect green light, which is why their leaves appear green. Exposing a plant to only green light would limit its ability to perform photosynthesis efficiently, leading to poor growth.

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