Biology
Given below is a set of six experimental set-ups (A-F), kept in this state for about 24 hours.
(a) In how many flasks, the different plant parts have been kept under observation?
(b) What is the purpose of keeping a test-tube containing limewater in each flask?
(c) In which tube/tubes the limewater will turn milky?
(d) What is the purpose of the set-up F?
(e) What conclusion can you draw from this experiment?
Answer
(a) The different plant parts for observation have been placed in five flasks right from A-E flasks as observed in the diagram.
(b) It is the property of limewater to absorb Carbon dioxide. Hence it is placed in the flask, so as to absorb Carbon dioxide and turn milky in the presence of any Carbon dioxide.
(c) Limewater turns milky in the presence of Carbon dioxide. All five flasks from A to E have plant parts hence respiration takes place in all five parts causing the limewater to turn milky. In flask F, respiration does not take place as there is no plant part, hence no change is observed
(d) In the experiment, the setup F depicts the experiment control, wherein all conditions are maintained in the same way except for the plant part that is absent in flask F.
(e) The experiment clearly shows that Carbon dioxide is produced during the process of respiration.
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(a) What is the purpose of keeping potassium hydroxide solution in the test tubes X and Y?
(b) Why has the coloured water risen in tubing 1?
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In order to study and prove a particular physiological process in plants, the following experiment was set up. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow:
(a) Name the physiological process being studied.
(b) What is the function of soda lime in the bottle 'A' and why is limewater placed in bottle 'B'?
(c) What change would you expect to observe in bottle 'D'?
(d) Represent the physiological process named in (a) above in the form of a chemical equation.
(e) In order to obtain accurate results, the bottle ‘C’ should be covered with a piece of black cloth. Why?
(f) If bottle 'C' was fitted with a 3-holed rubber stopper and a thermometer were introduced in such a way that its bulb reaches close to the germinating seeds, what would you observe? Why?