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Absorbance 0.100 Table 3: Absorption Spectrum Data for Spinach Chloroplast Extract Wavelength Absorbance Wavelength Absorbance Wavelength 380 nm 0.725 500 nm 0.139 620 nm 400 nm 0.834 520 nm 0.074 640 nm 420 nm 0.971 540 nm 0.047 660 nm 440 nm 0.844 560 nm 0.041 680 nm 460 nm 700 nm 0.678 580 nm 0.059 0.338 480 nm 600 nm 0.079 720 mm 0.135 0.406 0.049 0.029 0.000 Absorption Spectrum Graph of Spinach Chloroplast Extract

please graph this

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Chrolophyll pigments absorb light at different wavelengths which affect the rate of photosynthesis. Absorption spectrum reveals different range of wavelengths at which photosynthesis occurs at maximum rate.

The absorption spectrum graph is given below-

1.2 1 0.8 Absorbance 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 380 400 420 440 460 480 500 520 540 560 580 600 620 640 680 700 720 Wavelength