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Question
The diagrams below represents an experiment to show the presence of a component of air.
- State why air is sucked from – outlet ‘B’ and not from outlet “A”
- State why the air is sucked ‘slowly’ from the outlet “B”
- State the observation seen after completion of the experiment.
- State the reason for the above observation seen.
- Name another component which if present in air as a pollutant would have given a similar observation
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Solution
- Because if we suck from ‘A’, lime water will be sucked out.
- Because if the air is sucked fast, lime water will also be sucked out.
- Lime water turns milky.
- The reason is the formation of CO2.
- Sulphur dioxide
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