why does a plant grow faster in the sunlight than in the darkness?
360203
Every one is right above in a way, basically the plant requires sunlight to convert the water and minerals it gets from the soil to food which then will create more cells for it to grow.\n\nWithout sunlight the growth is slower as the food is not created to be sufficient for growth..........\n\nSo plants grow faster in sunlight......
583729
Sunlight is white, just like light bulb light. The moon is illuminated by sunlight just like your newspaper is illuminated by light bulb light when you are reading it at night. Both the Sun and the light bulb are really hot, but you don't touch either one, do you? Now clearly the sun is WAY hotter than a light bulb, but it is also WAY farther away. Both the Moon and Earth are very far from the sun and so they both get about the same amount of heat from the Sun, but we just are not close enough to get red hot.
1103871
sunlight stimulates photosynthesis and larger amts produce more growth, lesser amts less growth.......Seasonal light changes inc growth in the spring as light hours incresae, and Fall lesser light as days dec in length slow growth. Same goes for daily changes......Strings of Rainy days vs sunny days!!!! Look outside if you live on the Eastern coast of the US......
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The eyespot helps the organism find sunglight to power photosythesis and the chloroplast allows the organism to carry out photosthesis when light is available. \nThey work together because the eyespot finds sunlight which allows the cholorplast to allow the organism to carry out photosythesis. \nHope this helps!
1074904
This can be proven with a simple experiment.  Light travels at 186,000 mps, if you go to a desk or anything with a drawer that can be pulled out, while the drawer is closed it can be fairly safe to say that it's dark in the drawer.  When you open the drawer you will find that the dark excaped before the light got in.  So, you can safely say that darkness travels faster than the speed of light.
44754
Plants use the energy of sunlight to grow using a process call photosynthesis (light - putting together) taking in carbon dioxide from the air and giving up oxygen.  At night the light of the moon (reflection of sunlight) is too weak to support photosynthesis and the plant actually uses oxygen rather than make it.
1013960
because light from the sun's rays carry in them vitamin d which every living organism needs. And plants use light for their photosysthesis.
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Advantage and disadvantage:\n\nPlants with high photosynthesis rates grows faster but has a shorter term of life.
360436
that may just be for the beginning of it's growth eventually it will stop growing because of lack of sunlight and it may be that the sun is drying up the water in the other plant in the sun
71796
This is too vague a question.  One really needs to know what type of plant or something to give a good answer.  Not all plants grow at the same rate anyway.  Plants at different ages do not grow the same either.
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The ratios of red, blue and far red light are the most important (light)factor affecting the morphology of plants.  This ratio allows plants to detect when they are shaded.  If alot of far red light is sensed the plant senses shade and will show an elongation of the shoots in an attempt to "reach up" to gain sunshine.  If there is ample red and or blue light the plant can tell that it is getting enough sunlight and it can utilize its energy by producing more leaves and roots and not spend valuble resources just trying to elongate its shoots to reach above the canopy.The canopy "soaks up" most red and blue light leaving far red light to pass through to the plants below.\n\nRed and blue light inhibit stem elongation, far red light inhibits this inhibition.\n\nStart two tomato seedlings, one in shade and one in sunlight to observe this effect.
979603
i think its smthg like if u play music to a plant it makes it grow faster.... but m not so sure abt it...
839253
Darkness arrives at the same rate as light leaves.
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Here ya go (from the link):\n\n"Green [induced in alternating light-dark periods] microtubers were better than white [induced in continuous dark] microtubers for subsequent crop performance for most of the characters including tuber yield and general impression."  (Very technical first link.)\n\nBreaking that down for you: it's not in the growing that you find the difference.  All potato plants need light to grow.\n\nBut if when you are inducing the potatoes to grow - getting them to sprout - you keep them in keep then in the dark, they turn out worse than if you give them a span daylight before planting them.\n\nI have to apologize - I can't find any easy reading on this on the Internet - so these are hard-to-read scientific abstracts.
319049
they grow best in partial sun to shade....think about a forest, where you find most species of fern....it's not really bright and sunny, there are patches of sun and shade....
175012
Think about it this way.  Have you ever looked at a piece of charcoal lit by sunlight in the middle of the night?  Of course this is impossible, but if you could do it you'd be surprised just how bright it would appear.  In daylight, the charcoal is surrounded by other objects which are better reflectors (higher albedos), making the charcoal appear dark by comparison.
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I would immediately say sunlight, but this would really depend on the conditions. Sunlight is more intense and therefore contains more energy than artificial light, however artificial light could be on all the time. This basically has to do with the amount of light/energy a plant can absorb/convert into plant in a space of time. I would still go with sunlight, more environmentally friendly :)