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BiologyPhotosynthesis in Higher PlantsNEET

Joseph Priestley observed that a mouse alone in a closed bell jar with a burning candle was suffocated and the candle extinguished, but when the mouse was placed with a mint plant in the same bell jar, the mouse stayed alive and the candle continued to burn. What did he conclude from this?

Answer: (C)

Solution

Priestley concluded that burning candles and respiring animals both "damage"/"foul" the air, while a green plant (mint)

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