What did Joseph Priestley hypothesize about the role of plants in restoring air quality?
What did Joseph Priestley hypothesize about the role of plants in restoring air quality?
Plants restore the air damaged by burning candles
Plants remove oxygen from the air
Plants release carbon dioxide into the air
Plants remove pollutants from the air
Solution
Joseph Priestley in 1770 performed a series of experiments that revealed the essential role of air in the growth of green plants. He concluded that plants restore to the air whatever breathing animals and burning candles remove.