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When two different color lights intersect or shine on the same area, do the wavelengths merge to create a single wavelength of a new color or do you still have two wavelengths that are now just stacked and the stack is what appears as a new color?

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How come marine organisms eat and often die from micro plastics but it seems that sand moving freely through water never hurts them? (Not trying to be a loaded question, I failed at explaining why micro-plastics are bad for marine environments. )

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When two different color lights intersect or shine on the same area, do the wavelengths merge to create a single wavelength of a new color or do you still have two wavelengths that are now just stacked and the stack is what appears as a new color?	1835
How come marine organisms eat and often die from micro plastics but it seems that sand moving freely through water never hurts them? (Not trying to be a loaded question, I failed at explaining why micro-plastics are bad for marine environments. )	8