Purpose: Examine the role of the cell membrane in the cell by disrupting its function using temperature (Biology 107 Laboratory Manual 2014). This will improve the general understanding of optimal growing temperatures and the breakdown of the cell membrane Procedure: Betacyanin solution of a known concentration was diluted to create a dilution series‚ then placed in a spectrophotometer set to 525 nm. The absorbance of the dilution was used to create a standard curve for betacyanin. Discs of living
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molecule from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. 2) How is diffusion used by living cells? Living cells bring in food‚ water and oxygen‚ and excrete wastes through the process of diffusion 3) List two body systems in vertebrates that are dependent on diffusion Digestive system and respirational system 4) What is meant by the term metabolism the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. 5) Why cant a single cell grow very large
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the permeability of a beetroot membrane cell is affected by ethanol. To do this we will investigate different concentrations of alcohol (10-70%) and measure the absorbance using a colorimeter to show us how much juice has leaked out. Hypothesis I predict that as the concentration of ethanol goes up‚ the permeability will increase as the ethanol will slowly dissolve more phospholipids (lipid bilayer) and so more anthocyanin (the beetroot juice) will leak out of the membrane. So at 10% concentration
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OUT OF COOKED BEETROOT? PLAN Hypothesis Temperature has an effect on the leaking of the colour from beetroot. This means that as the temperature is altered there will be a change in the rate of colour leakage. Scientific Background Beetroot is a very familiar vegetable and is commonly known as beet. It is famous in most recipe books that advice that its outer skin is not to be removed to avoid getting red dye in the cooking water. If we look at the internal structure of beetroot‚ it will be
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Effects of Surface Area to Volume ratio in Agar Introduction: What is an efficient way to maximize mass but minimize diffusion time in cell? Answer: An efficient way to maximize mass but minimize diffusion time in a cell is to increase its surface area. If you increase the surface area of a cell relatively to its volume‚ then the diffusion time will decrease. Materials: Agar cubes‚ bromothymol blue- pH indicator‚ vinegar‚ ruler‚ spatula‚ beaker. Methods: I used agar cubes as cell models. The
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of Changing the surface area on the Rate of Reaction? By : 22/10/2013 The effect of changing the surface area on the rate of reaction? Unit Question: Should we speed things up or slow them down? Hypothesis: According to collision theory‚ should the surface area increase the amount of collisions increase increasing the rate of reaction. Therefore‚ my hypothesis is that when the surface area increases the rate
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Raw Data: • Table one; shows the effect of water temperature has on the rate at which the anthocyanin pigment leaves of a beetroot tap root cells • My groups results are highlighted in yellow and the class results are left blank Temperature ͦC (+/- 1 ͦC) Amount of green light that was absorbed by the solution (+/- 0.001) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 20 0.099 0.188 0.202 0.141 0.152 0.143 0.157 30 0.274 0.173 0.205 0.170 0.262 0.180 0.233 40 0.285 0.127
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In the article" From Stone Age To Phone Age "‚ author Barbara Ehrereich argues that all cell phones serve as a status symbol‚ thus presenting mankind ’s selfish attempt to "showboat" their level of importance. By publicly engaging in meaningless conversations individuals are able to obtain admirer ’s jealously; thus portraying that the on-lookers are lonely because of their absence of a cellular phone or lack of received calls. In fact since primal times it has been a tendency of humans to compete
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Surface Area to Volume Ratio and the Relation to the Rate of Diffusion Aim and Background This is an experiment to examine how the Surface Area / Volume Ratio affects the rate of diffusion and how this relates to the size and shape of living organisms. The surface area to volume ratio in living organisms is very important. Nutrients and oxygen need to diffuse through the cell membrane and into the cells. Most cells are no longer than 1mm in diameter because small cells enable nutrients and oxygen
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Practical 2.1- The Effect of Temperature on Membranes Objective To investigate the effect of temperature on membrane structure Introduction Beetroot Pigments Beetroots contain Betalains which are the red pigments present in the cell vacuole. Betalains are soluble in water and they contain nitrogen. Betalains extracted from beetroot is commonly used as food dye because it is not known to cause any allergic reactions. Beetroot Picture taken from http://tipdeck/how-to-cook-beet-root Structure
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