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Lesson: Chapter 2 — Photosynthesis

Is carbon dioxide needed? 1 of 3

Question 1

What is the potassium hydroxide in bag D for?

The right answer is the one marked above.

To absorb the carbon dioxide inside the bag. With the gas removed and the bag sealed, leaf D has no carbon dioxide to photosynthesise with.

You met KOH doing exactly this job in grade 10, in the experiment that showed carbon dioxide is released in respiration.

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