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Alice was participating in a photosynthesis lab for science class.  The lab procedures instructed Alice to prepare a test tube containing water, a sprig of elodea (a common aquarium plant), and 10 g of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3). She was then instructed to place the test tube in front of a strong light source for one minute. Alice noticed tiny bubbles forming on the leaves of the elodea.   What is the most logical explanation for why Alice saw bubbles forming on the leaves of the elodea?Group of answer choicesThe bubbles formed as a result of the hydrogen from the sodium bicarbonate mixture dissolving the elodea leaves.The bubbles formed from the release of water molecules from the elodea leaves.The bubbles formed as the elodea plant released oxygen from the elodea leaves.The bubbles formed as the elodea plant released carbon dioxide from the elodea leaves.



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Step 1.

Write down the experiment data.

- tube containing water;

- alodea (photosynthetic organism);

- 10 g of sodium bicarbonate;

- light source.

Step 2.

Why bubbles are formed on the leaves of the alodea?

The experiment have all the condictions for photosynthesis, since it provides: water (that is in the tube), CO2 (because of the dissolved sodium bicarbonate), light (because of the string light source). Therefore the most ogical explanation for Alice experiment results is: the bubbles formed as the elodea plant releases oxygen from the elodea leaves, that because with all the elements in the experiment the plant can do a normal photosynthetic process that way realing oxygen in the tube and forming bubbles of "air".

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