PTE Reading
Re-order Paragraphs
PTE · Re-order Paragraphs
Arrange the sentences into a logical order.
Put the sentences in the correct order:
- Because of this, a blue feather crushed into powder loses its colour entirely, revealing the illusion behind it.
- Tiny microscopic structures on their surfaces scatter light so that only blue wavelengths reach our eyes.
- Instead, most creatures that appear blue, such as butterflies and many birds, are using a clever trick of physics rather than pigment at all.
- The reason is that very few living things can produce a true blue pigment from the chemicals available to them.
- The colour blue is surprisingly rare in the natural world, especially among flowers and animals.
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