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You Are an Astronaut and Have Discovered an Alien Photosynthetic

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You are an astronaut and have discovered an alien photosynthetic organism.It has organelles that are responsible for photosynthesis; these organelles appear to work in much the same way as the chloroplasts in plants on Earth.The only difference is that they are red.Which color of light is NOT likely to drive photosynthesis in these alien organelles?


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