why do you think in light and photosynthesis experiment, leaves placed into ethanol?

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why do you think in light and photosynthesis experiment, leaves placed into ethanol?

2007-02-09 01:08:54 · 4 answers · asked by >() 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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won't really give you any data; the leaf cells will all die because the solvent was changed so rapidly.

2007-02-09 01:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by kz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Ethanol leaves a lot to be desired

2007-02-09 01:13:11 · answer #2 · answered by TheProfessor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Did you do this experiment? What were you trying to see? When you put the leaf into alcohol, what happend to it? What did that allow you to see that you wouldn't have been able to without the alcohol treatment?

2007-02-09 01:12:19 · answer #3 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

were you using the ethanol to extract the plant pigments/chlorophyll?

2007-02-09 01:13:58 · answer #4 · answered by raerae_2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋