The diagram below represents a set up that students used in an investigation.
(a) Name the physiological process that was being investigated.
b) State the role of potassium hydroxide in flask K
c) Account for the observation in boiling tube L and flask N.
Answer:
a)
- Respiration/aerobic respiration.
b)
-Absorbs carbon (IV) oxide from the atmosphere.
c)
- L- remained clear: No white precipitate formed because #CO_2# from the atmosphere has been absorbed by potassium hydroxide.
- N- lime water forms a white precipitate, where #CO_2# was given out by cockroaches during respiration