SFb (Plant Pigments)

Mark the 2 colors that chlorophyll ABSORBS?

• blue

• green

• yellow

• red

Mark the main color that chlorophyll REFLECTS?

• blue

• green

• orange

• red

Mark the main color that carotenoids ABSORB?

• purple

• blue-green

• orange

• red

Mark the main colors that carotenoids REFLECT?

• purple

• blue-green

• yellow

• orange

Mark any of the nutrients below that trees recycle and store in their trunks and roots over the winter to use again in the spring?

• water

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

Mark any of the ways that trees "know" that winter is coming and they should lose their leaves?

• cooler average temperatures each day

• Less intense sunlight each day

• The sunlight changes color in the fall

• Less hours of sunlight each day in the fall

Mark any of the following plant pigments that are found inside leaves during the SUMMER?

• carotenoids

• anthocyanin

• chlorophyll

Mark any of the following plant pigments that are found inside leaves during the peak of fall colors?

• carotenoids

• anthocyanin

• chlorophyll

Mark any of the colors that could be seen for a leaf filled with only anthocyanin pigments?

• purple

• blue

• green

• red

Identify the 3 main health benefits from eating a cereal based on black ONYX sorghum?

• slow release of sugar into the blood

• high dose of free radicals

• high dose of fiber

• high dose of antioxidants