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Experiment Results Predict Question: Predict Question: What effect do you think boiling and freezing will have on the activity of the amylase enzyme? Your answer : c. Boiling will decrease amylase activity and freezing will have no effect. Stop & Think Questions: Tube 2 appears to have the same amount of starch digested as tube 3 because Your answer : d. freezing hydrolyzed the starch. Correct answer: a. freezing had no effect on the enzyme. Experiment Data: Tube No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reagent 1 Amylase Amylase Amylase Amylase Starch Maltose Amylase Amylase Reagent 2 Starch Starch Starch Water Water Water Starch Starch Reagent 3 pH 7.0 pH 7.0 pH 7.0 pH 7.0 pH 7.0 pH 7.0 pH 2.0 pH 9.0 Treatment Boiled Frozen None None None None None None Time 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 Temp. 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 IKI + + + + Benedict's ++ ++ ++ + +
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Post-lab Quiz