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Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blank (1) to (5) with appropriate words:
To test a leaf for starch, the leaf is boiled in water to (1) _________. It is then boiled in Methylated spirit to (2) ________. The leaf is dipped in warm water to soften it. It is placed in a petri dish, and (3) _____ solution is added. The region of the leaf which contains starch, turns (4) ________and the region while does not contain starch, turns (5) __________.
Solution
1) to kill the cells
2) remove the chlorophyll
3) Iodine solution
4) blue-black in colour
5) brown
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