why do leaves change diffrent colors whay these colors red.....?

Question: plz help why these colors why do they change colors

Answer: We know that plants are full of chlorophyll as alight absorbing molecule, they are also full of red light absorbing molecules and blue light absorbing molecules. The production of all of these molecules is light dependant, as light levels fall so do the production of the light absorbing molecules, however chlorophyll is less stable than the others there fore as the leaves 'die' they are left with proportionally more beta-carotinoids, carotinoids (vitamin A) and other yellow/orange/red light absorbing molecules, hence they look red/yellow/orange depending on the relative amounts

Related Questions

Related Items