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BRWH

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Why are leaves green and not yellow, for example? Explain.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Recycling steel is more energy-efficient than recycling aluminum.
 
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tashiedavis420

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The short answer is that the green light in the spectrum is reflected from leaves
while the blue and red are absorbed.

Answer to Question 2

In energy terms, this is not correct. However, both are efficient in both economic
and energy terms.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Excellent

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Wow, this really help

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