Question

Activity 6.2
Belljar
ike two healthy potted plants
which are nearly the same size.
Keep them in a dark room for
three days.
Now place each plant on
separate glass plates. Place a
watch-glass containing potassium
hydroxide by the side of one of
the plants. The potassium Watch-glass
hydroxide is used to absorb
containing
potassium
carbon dioxide.
hydroxide
Cover both plants with separate
bell-jars as shown in Fig. 6.4.
Use vaseline to seal the bottom
Figure 6.4 Experimental set-up (a) with potassium
of the jars to the glass plates so
hydroxide (b) without potassium hydroxide
that the set-up is air-tight.
Keep the plants in sunlight for
about two hours.
Pluck a leaf from each plant and check for the presence of starch as in the above activity
Do both the leaves show the presence of the same amount of starch ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

no both the leaves will not show same amount of presence of starch