Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Movement into and out of cells

Movement into and out of cells — practice question

A learner filled a beaker until it was half full with solution X. A sealed Visking tubing bag that contained solution Y was then put into the beaker. After 30 minutes, the liquid in the beaker was orange and the liquid inside the Visking tubing was blue-black. What substances were present in solutions X and Y at the beginning to produce these results?

  • Asolution X: starch; solution Y: amylase and iodine
  • Bsolution X: iodine; solution Y: amylase
  • Csolution X: starch and amylase; solution Y: iodine
  • Dsolution X: iodine; solution Y: starch

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