Catalase Reaction Lab Report
Title:
The affects of hydrogen peroxide on catalase reactions in animal and plant cells at different temperatures and states.
Introduction:
All living organisms in the kingdoms of life are composed of and depend on cells to function normally. Not all cells, however, are alike. There are two primary types of cells: eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Cells contain organelles, or tiny cellular structures, that carry out specific functions necessary for normal cellular operation. (Regina Bailey
Updated April 06, 2018)
The cell is needed for survival and is used by the body in a range of functions, but the cell itself is a complicated structure. The cell is surrounded by a cell wall other known as the cell membrane and this membrane separates …show more content…
Although there are many ways that the enzymes can lose its abilities to form a chemical reaction. The enzyme can be affected by a range of things, such as Ph, temperature and climate. The process is called denaturing and can have a devastating affect on the cells and the residing organelles within it. As with
Certain catalysts work for certain kinds of reactions; in other words, each enzyme has a particular type of reaction that it can activate. Some enzymes can even be damaged, such as when exposed to too much heat. A damaged enzyme may no longer work to catalyse a chemical reaction. (Science Buddies on March 8, 2012)
Aim :
The objective of these experiments is to investigate the change in the decomposition rate between the catalase and hydro peroxide with cooked and raw potato and liver.
Hypothesis:
With consideration to previous studies done into the topic. It is hypothesized that the raw food will provide a higher rate of reaction than the cooked food will as the cooked food would have a higher chance of having denatured enzymes in comparison to the raw food.
Materials/Apparatus
4 beakers
1 beaker holder
3 …show more content…
The prominent problem was the measurement were not all completely accurate, figure one shows that the second trial of the raw liver trial had a vastly lower amount of foam than the first trial. This is a result of the beakers being to small and the amount of foam being generated overflowing and spilling onto the lab bench, this made the accurate measuring impossible and as a result the result for the second trial are underwhelming compared to trial one. The other problem that was faced was the recording of certain measurements that would have made the experiment easier to replicate, the weight of materials used in each beaker wasn’t measured and the amount of dishwashing liquid was not measured out properly before pouring it into he
The affects of hydrogen peroxide on catalase reactions in animal and plant cells at different temperatures and states.
Introduction:
All living organisms in the kingdoms of life are composed of and depend on cells to function normally. Not all cells, however, are alike. There are two primary types of cells: eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Cells contain organelles, or tiny cellular structures, that carry out specific functions necessary for normal cellular operation. (Regina Bailey
Updated April 06, 2018)
The cell is needed for survival and is used by the body in a range of functions, but the cell itself is a complicated structure. The cell is surrounded by a cell wall other known as the cell membrane and this membrane separates …show more content…
Although there are many ways that the enzymes can lose its abilities to form a chemical reaction. The enzyme can be affected by a range of things, such as Ph, temperature and climate. The process is called denaturing and can have a devastating affect on the cells and the residing organelles within it. As with
Certain catalysts work for certain kinds of reactions; in other words, each enzyme has a particular type of reaction that it can activate. Some enzymes can even be damaged, such as when exposed to too much heat. A damaged enzyme may no longer work to catalyse a chemical reaction. (Science Buddies on March 8, 2012)
Aim :
The objective of these experiments is to investigate the change in the decomposition rate between the catalase and hydro peroxide with cooked and raw potato and liver.
Hypothesis:
With consideration to previous studies done into the topic. It is hypothesized that the raw food will provide a higher rate of reaction than the cooked food will as the cooked food would have a higher chance of having denatured enzymes in comparison to the raw food.
Materials/Apparatus
4 beakers
1 beaker holder
3 …show more content…
The prominent problem was the measurement were not all completely accurate, figure one shows that the second trial of the raw liver trial had a vastly lower amount of foam than the first trial. This is a result of the beakers being to small and the amount of foam being generated overflowing and spilling onto the lab bench, this made the accurate measuring impossible and as a result the result for the second trial are underwhelming compared to trial one. The other problem that was faced was the recording of certain measurements that would have made the experiment easier to replicate, the weight of materials used in each beaker wasn’t measured and the amount of dishwashing liquid was not measured out properly before pouring it into he