The diagram below illustrates gaseous exchange in animals (i)Why was air passed through potassium hydroxide in flask K?(ii)Explain the observation made in flask N

      

The diagram below illustrates gaseous exchange in animals
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(i)Why was air passed through potassium hydroxide in flask K?
(ii)Explain the observation made in flask N
(iii)Why is there no oxygen gas in the air exiting in flask N?

  

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Isaac
(i)To remove any solid/dust/purify air
(ii)Calcium hydroxide change to a white precipitate;Carbon (iv) oxide produced by the
cockroaches reacted with calcium hydroxide to produce a white precipitate.
(iii)All oxygen was used up by the cockroaches at flask M ,for respiration;producing carbon (Iv) oxide as a metabolic waste product.
isaacmuthini answered the question on November 16, 2017 at 09:41


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