Students are provided with a choice of two solutions. Each one
used to test for the presence of a different chemical.
Solution
Tests for the presence of
Fehling's solution
Sugar
Lime water
Carbon dioxide
How could the students use one of these solutions to gather evidence for the action of photosynthesis?
Use Fehling's solution with the roots of several different species of plants, after boiling them for several minutes
Pump the air from a closed container containing a plant through a sample of limewater
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Use Fehling's solution on plant leaves exposed to light and on plant leaves covered in aluminum foil for a week
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Grind up all parts of a plant, expose them to heat, collect the gas, and use limewater to test it
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