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{0 Boil some rice grains or fresh potato pieces in atest tube containing some water
(i) Add few drops of brown coloured iodine solution in this test tube.
\tii)_A blue-black colour appears indicating the presence of starch,
Oo show that sunlight is necesSary for photosynthesis j
Requirements : Destarched potted plant, black paper, iodine, alcohol, water, beaker, tripod
Sauze, burner or spirit lamp, clips.
A plant can be destarched by keeping in dark for 48 hours. Destarching omnes ae
be carried out by wrapping the leaves in black paper or aluminium foil
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® Cover the upper surface of leaf with black paper having a design cut on
” Clip the paper firmly with the leaf.
AD Keep this potted ht for 6-8 hours.
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liv) Remove the leaf and put it in alcohol in the beaker. Dee the alcohol oe ‘
t. Boil by keeping the beaker having alcohol and leaf, in another beaket
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‘ake out the leaf and wash
Temoves the chi hyll and leaf turns pale. T: :
leaf on slide or watch glass, Put few drops of iodine solution onthe leafTo show that chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis
Requirements : V
ariegated leaf (with some green and white
or yellow patches) of Coleus, Money plant or Croton Otte
requirements are same as for starch text. é
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(@ Destarch the potted plant as discussed above
(i) Keep the plant in sunlight for 6-8 hours. :
(ii) Do the starch test on a variegated leaf
| Observation : Only green patches of variegated leaf take on
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To show that carbon dioxide is necessary ye
for photosynthesis if a
Requirement : Potted plant, two conical Fs
flasks with split cork, potassium hydroxide ie
solution. Other requirements are same as for ;
starch test a «s
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@ Destarch the potted plant as discussed ONC, 2 ste
above.