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

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.

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explanation:

answer is: naturally occurring solid, inorganic compound or element is mineral.

minerals usually have crystalline form, that means than crystal constituents (atoms, molecules or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.

for example magnetite is a mineral of iron oxide (fe₂o₃).

calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (caco₃).

dolomite is an   carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate (camg(co₃)₂).