Question

1. What was the purpose of creating a sodium bicarbonate solution? What was the purpose of adding soap to the solution?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Source of carbon  

2. Removal of cuticle

Explanation:

You may have been doing a photosynthesis lab in a biology course.

1. NaHCO₃

The purpose of creating a sodium bicarbonate solution was to provide the carbon that the plant needs for photosynthesis.

2. Soap solution

The soap solution acted as a detergent.  It removed some of the waxy, water-repelling cuticle from the leaf's surface and made it easier for the sodium carbonate solution to get inside.