Biology for IGCSE & O level - Plant Nutrition (Section 6 - No. 19)
During the starch test experiment, what is the purpose of removing the chlorophyll from the leaf using hot ethanol?
To make the leaf more rigid
To make the leaf more transparent to see starch
To kill the leaf cells
To provide the leaf with iodine
Explanation
Chlorophyll would mask the blue-black colour that shows starch.
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