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viii)the role of alcohol in the activity to show that leaves make
food by photosynthesis is ?
a) to kill the cells of the leaf
b) to detect the presence of starch
c) to prevent the leaf from absorbing sunlight
d) to remove the chlorophyll present in the leaf

Samriddhi Mehta · Accepted Answer

Dear student,

Alcohol like ethanol is used to remove chlorophyll from the
photosynthetic part of plant (leaves) Alcohol is an organic solvent
and thus most of the chlorophyll which is present in the leaves is
extracted out in the solvent, during the process of boiling

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viii)the role of alcohol in the activity to show that leaves make food by photosynthesis is ? a) to kill the cells of the leaf. b) to detect the presence of starch c) to prevent the leaf from absorbing sunlight d) to remove the chlorophyll present in the leaf.

viii)the role of alcohol in the activity to show that leaves make food by photosynthesis is ?
a) to kill the cells of the leaf.
b) to detect the presence of starch
c) to prevent the leaf from absorbing sunlight
d) to remove the chlorophyll present in the leaf.