BioLab3 Cell Membranes Lab Report Student Name: I. Diffusion Define the following terms. Solvent Solute Solution. Diffusion Concentration gradient Dynamic equilibrium EXERCISE 1 – Factors influencing rate of diffusion Predict how molecule size and temperature will affect the outcome of this experiment. Record the data from the information in the lab. Potassium Permanganate R.T. Methylene Blue R.T. Time (min) Total Diameter
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Which of the following are also found in the cell membrane: lipids‚ proteins‚ or carbohydrates? What is the role of steroids in a cell membrane? Cell membranes contain all three of the above groups‚ lipids are found abundantly in cell membranes‚ steroids are a type of lipids which helps with membrane fluidity by restricting the motion of the fatty acid tails. PROTEINS 1. Scroll down to proteins. List the six functions
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Ligia Ramos 11th Grade HL Biology – Ms. Bartels Due Monday October 21st Limitations on Cell Size Research Question: What is the correlation between surface-to-volume ration and ion exchange and how does this relate to cells? Evaluation of Method and Results: Errors/ Limitations: | Suggestions for improvement: | Impact on Results: | Precision - Human error –cutting cubes freely‚ resulting in very different sized cubes‚ especially for the 1cm x 1cm x 1 cm cubes. All the cubes also had slightly
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The Effect of temperature on beetroot This experiment is designed to investigate the effect of varying temperature (centigrade) on beetroot and its cells. My earlier experiment suggest that as temperature increases the integrity of the beetroot cell membrane will be destroyed and a subsequent release of beetroot pigment will be released into its surrounding milieu(in this case distilled water). In the experiment I will examine if my hypothesis (above) is correct. In order to conduct this experiment
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There are many kind of cell membrane disease‚ There are : Cystic Fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that cause by gene mutation of CFTR Protein. CFTR it’s stand for Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. This disease causes too much production of thick mucus‚ then the mucus will blocked the ion transport in epithelial cells that line the passageways of the lungs‚ pancreas‚ and other organs. If the passageways of the lungs is blocked by the thick mucus‚ it will make the sufferer
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Beetr------------------------------------------------- The Effect of Temperature on Membrane Permeability in Beetroot Cells Stage 2 Biology 2013 Results Figure 1 Temperature | Absorbance at 530nm | 30°C | 0.407nm | 40°C | 0.457nm | 50°C | 0.518nm | 60°C | 0.622nm | 70°C | 0.672nm | 80°C | 0.859nm | The table above gives an example
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effects of stressful experimental treatments on living membranes we are going to examine how fresh beets roots react when they are exposed to different temperatures. Membranes are an important feature of plant cells and they act as a barrier that separates the interior of the cell from the external environment (Campbell 133). They organize specific chemicals and reactions into specific compartments within the cell. Generally‚ cell membranes consist of phospholipids bilayer that is impermeable to
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Review 1: The Chemistry and Molecules of Life Please note that this is a general outline of some of the topics we will have discussed and are detailed in chapters 2-5 of your textbook. While this gives you an idea of some of the terms/phrases you are responsible for‚ not all the material we covered is included. You are responsible for everything discussed in class‚ but NOT for material in the book that was not addressed in lecture. Please do NOT assume that if you know the concepts/answers to the
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Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to test the effects of osmosis on eggs in hypertonic solutions and hypotonic solutions. Hypothesis: If the corn syrup is a hypertonic solution‚ then the egg’s size will shrink. If the water is a hypotonic solution‚ then the egg will swell. Materials: Styrofoam cups (2 per group) Styrofoam cups to weigh down egg (2) Balance Paper towels Vinegar (enough to cover egg) Distilled water Corn syrup Fresh eggs (2 per group) Procedure: Day
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spirits would affect the cells in the body. Thus‚ I decided to test my theory by adapting a class beetroot experiment to my investigation. The aim of this experiment is to investigate the effect of alcohol concentration on a biotic cell membrane. The human body cannot live long with damaged cells because they are the building blocks of life. Cell membranes are phospholipid bilayers meaning they are composed of lipids and proteins. The membrane-bound organelle‚ vacuole‚ in a cell is accustomed to maintain
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