Chlorophyll fluorescence

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Make a plant fluoresce by simply crushing it and shining a light on it.

Chlorophyll in plant leaves absorb red light and pass the energy on to other parts of the plant, hence leaves look green. But if there is nowhere for the energy to go, it gets released as light again. This is called fluorescence. In this experiment you get to see chlorophyll fluorescing!

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