A student set up a test tube containing sodium bicarbonate and topped it with a volumeter, but forgot to add the Elodea plant! Which of the statements below gives the result that the student would be likely to observe?
A. The level of liquid in the volumeter would rise due to diffusion.
B. The level of liquid in the volumeter would remain constant since gas is being produced and used at the same rate.
C. The level of the liquid in the volumeter would remain constant since gas is neither being produced nor being used.
D. The level of liquid in the volumeter would fall since there is less mass in the test tube.
E. The level of liquid in the volumeter would fall since atmospheric pressure is greater than the pressure within the test tube.
