alleryJoseph Priestley's classic experiment with a mouse and a candle in a bell jar demonstrated that
APlants restore air made unfit by combustion
BPlants do not need any air at all
CAnimals need plants for water always
DSoil is the source of plant nutrition
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Plants restore air made unfit by combustion
Priestley (1770) showed that plants restore to air whatever burning candles and breathing animals remove.
This was the first hint that plants release oxygen.
Ingenhousz later showed sunlight is required for this.
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