describe the experiment to show that carbon dioxide is essential for photosynthesis
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my school test, the question is as follows:
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Will the experiment work satisfactorily?
What alterations can you make to obtain expected result?
What I wrote:
Yes, it will work satisfactorily. Lime water absorbs carbon dioxide and hence there is no carbon dioxide for the leaf and hence photosynthesis does not take place and no starch is prepared. Hence on iodine test, the presence of starch is negative and thus proves that carbon dioxide is required for photosynthesis.
We can put half of the leaf inside the flask and half of it outside. So, the inside part will not show presence of starch and the outside part will show presence of starch.
[Note]: It was marked incorrect by my biology teacher. It got it reviewed by another biology teacher and HE SAID WHAT I WROTE IS CORRECT and the teacher who marked it wrong gave the opinion as follows:
It will not work satisfactorily because lime water does not absorb carbon dioxide. [which to me, seems incorrect as lime water ABSORBS carbon dioxide]
The alteration is that you have to use Potassium Hydroxide instead of lime water. [which to me, seems incorrect too since both lime water and potassium hydroxide absorbs carbon dioxide and then there is no need to use potassium hydroxide when lime water works!]
enter image description here
Will the experiment work satisfactorily?
What alterations can you make to obtain expected result?
What I wrote:
Yes, it will work satisfactorily. Lime water absorbs carbon dioxide and hence there is no carbon dioxide for the leaf and hence photosynthesis does not take place and no starch is prepared. Hence on iodine test, the presence of starch is negative and thus proves that carbon dioxide is required for photosynthesis.
We can put half of the leaf inside the flask and half of it outside. So, the inside part will not show presence of starch and the outside part will show presence of starch.
[Note]: It was marked incorrect by my biology teacher. It got it reviewed by another biology teacher and HE SAID WHAT I WROTE IS CORRECT and the teacher who marked it wrong gave the opinion as follows:
It will not work satisfactorily because lime water does not absorb carbon dioxide. [which to me, seems incorrect as lime water ABSORBS carbon dioxide]
The alteration is that you have to use Potassium Hydroxide instead of lime water. [which to me, seems incorrect too since both lime water and potassium hydroxide absorbs carbon dioxide and then there is no need to use potassium hydroxide when lime water works!]
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