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Plants appear green because they do not absorb the green wavelengths of light. What happens to those green light waves when they hit a plant?

They are diffracted.
They are absorbed.
They are reflected.
They are refracted.

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They are reflected. Chlorophyll absorbs mostly red and blue light but reflects (and scatters) green wavelengths, which is why leaves look green.