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Q: Why do we soak a leaf in warm alcohol?
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Why is leaf soaked in warm alcohol?

To kill it. Then the experiment for 'photosynthesis' can take place.


Why did the alcohol turned green when the leaf was put into it?

Alcohol is a solvent: It dissolves stuff. The leaf is porous, full of holes. When the leaf is placed in the alcohol, the alcohol gets into the leafs, and dissolves the pigments in the leaf, probably chlorophyll, which is green. This will turn the alcohol green.


How do you get tree sap out of cloths?

you have to soak it in alcohol


How do you disinfect earrings?

Soak them in rubbing alcohol.


What happen when leaf boil in alcohol what the alcoholl remove from the leaf?

Boiling a leaf in alcohol removes its chlorophyll, so the leaf loses its green colour.


What happens when you put a leaf in boiling alcohol?

it turns green because the chlorophyll is evaporated out


Why leaf bits will settled in alcohol?

because some parts of the leaf will not dissolve in the alcohol and are also too heavy to float.


What was the colour the clear alcohol become once the leaf is boiled in it?

what colour does the clear alcohol become once the leaf is boiled in it


What do you soak false eyelashes in to get mascara off?

Rubbing alcohol?


Why was the leaf placed in alcohol after being in boiling water?

The leaf was placed in alcohol wafter being placed in the boiling water to extract the green pigment from the leaf.


What happens when you soak green leaves in ethanol?

Ethanol extracts chlorophyll from leaf .


What to do when you get hit in the shin?

Soak in warm water then apply ice