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What color does a iodine turn when there is no starch in a leaf?
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What color does iodine turn in starch?
Black
What color does iodine turn if a starch is present?
It turns a dark purple/black.
Do you add iodide when testing for starch?
yes amylose yields a blue color and amylopectin yields a purple color
Does iodine turn blue?
Iodine turns blue in the presence of starch
What effect does iodine have on starch?
it will turn the starch into blue black colour
What color does iodine turn in starch?
Black
Why did the leaf turn blue black when iodine was added in the starch test?
because photosynthesis has occured in the leaf. starch is produced and turns iodine blue-black indicating the presence of starch.
What color does starch turn under iodine?
Black
How do you determine the location of starch in a leaf?
To determine the location of starch in a leaf, one can examine it under the microscope and apply one small drop of iodine to the leaf. The parts of the leaf that turn purple contain starch.
What is the role of iodine in testing a leaf for starch?
A hot bath of ethanol decolorizes the leaf by washing out the chlorophyll. If the leaf is not decolorized, you cannot see the blue-black stain that results from the iodine reacting with the starch.
Why do green leaves turn blue black when iodine is added?
because the leaves have photosynthesized- glucose is produced. therefore, the excess glucose is converted to starch. The starch is then stored in the leaf-starch is what causes the "green" leaf to turn blue black, as iodine turns blue-black when it reacts with starch.:P
What is iodine used as an indicator for?
Iodine is used as an indicator for starch. When a substance has iodine added to it, then it will turn into a dark blue color. This is a sign that the substance indeed has starch in it.
If stained with iodine what color will a banana turn?
BlackAns2:It is very unlikely that a ripe banana will have enough starch to turn iodine black. When iodine turns black, it is a positive test for the presence of starch.
What color does iodine turn when you do an experiment for starch?
dark blue - purple
What observations do you need to expect if starch is present when testing leaf for starch?
It can be observed that when testing for starch their must be a olour change of blue black after iodine solution was added.Before the colour change was green that changed to blue black of the whole procedure is been carried out.
What makes iodine turn purple?
when iodine is added to a substance it turns dark blue when starch is present, and remains brown when starch is not present. This is basically because iodine forms a polypeptide complex with starch, resulting in the dark blue solution.
What color does the indicator turn when starch is present?
Iodine is used to indicate whether starch is present in a solution. If starch IS present, the indicator will turn dark blue/black. Iodine is used to indicate whether starch is present in a solution. If starch IS present, the indicator will turn dark blue/black. FOR WHAT PURPOSE WE USE STARCH-IODINE INDICATOR PAPER
