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Amy watches as her teacher adds a small

piece of sodium to water. She makes these
observations.

The sodium moves around on the surface of the water
Bubbles are formed.
After the reaction finished, the teacher added Universal
Indicator to the solution. The indicator went purple.

a) Explain what the bubbles show?
b )Explain why the indicator went purple?


User Jaxx
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

A) bubbles show hydrogen gas escaping

B) the water reacted with sodium to form an alkaline solution

User Simo Salminen
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