Redesign. Throughout this experiment a number of random and procedural errors were apparent; these errors could have affected the results of the experiment in a number of ways. One experimental error that occurred during the experiment was that some flies became stuck in the food source and died. The main cause of this was the fact that the fly vials were stood up (vertically) before the flies had fully recovered from the anaesthetic. This could be overcome in future experiments by ensuring that the vials
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life traits in fruit flies. The scientists‚ Seema Sisodia‚ Puja Verma and Bashisth Narayan Sing explain there research in “The Effect of Diet Quality and Associated Metabolic Changes in Adult Stress Response and Life-History Traits in Drosophila Ananassae” The D. ananassae used in the experiment are flies collected from fruit and vegetable india in October 2010. The purpose of the study was to observe the role of diet during stress response at cellular and metabolic levels in fruit flies. Before
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Osmosis Experiment Diana Arrowood Grand Canyon University BIO-100L Biology Concepts September 16‚ 2011 Osmosis Experiment Directions Use the information below to complete the Osmosis Experiment. Materials 1 fresh baking potato Water Salt Four small containers (i.e.‚ drinking cups or clear glasses) A metric ruler Methods and Procedure 1) Place 1 cup (236 ml) of water in each of the 4 containers. In 2 of the containers‚ add 1 tablespoon (14.8 ml) of table salt and mix well until
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Design Experiment to investigate the effect of the concentration of Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate on the rate of photosynthesis using Cobomba plant. Aim: The aim of the experiment is to investigate the effect of the concentration of Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate (NaHCO3) on the rate of photosynthesis using a Cobomba plant. Hypothesis: As the concentration of NaHCO3 increases the rate of photosynthesis of the Cobomba plant should increase‚ as there is a greater presence of a carbon dioxide‚ obtained
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Experiment 10 – Enzymes Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts for biological reactions. Enzymes‚ like all catalysts‚ speed up reactions without being used up themselves. They do this by lowering the activation energy of a reaction. All biochemical reactions are catalyzed by enzymes. Since enzymes are proteins‚ they can be denatured in a variety of ways‚ so they are most active under mild conditions. Most enzymes have optimum activity at a neutral pH and at body temperature. Enzymes are
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Fruits Professor Kelechi Mezu Introduction to Biology – SCI 115 March 2‚ 2010 We use our sense of taste to differ if fruit is sweet or sour. That taste depends on the components in the fruit. Fruits contain fructose‚ acids‚ vitamin‚ starch‚ proteins‚ and cellulose. All of these components contribute to the taste of fruit. Fruits with high fructose levels tend to be sweeter whereas fruits with high levels of acid tend to be sour. Oranges however‚ have equal quantities of fructose and acids
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Discussion: Referring to the hypothesis we predicted in the beginning of this experiment that under ideal conditions‚ we hypothesized that the results will eventually follow the Hardy-Weinberg expectations‚ which means the genotypes frequencies of the Drosophila melanogaster would remain constant; Therefore‚ no evolution had happened to the flies under the ideal conditions. After the chi-squared values were found in each week (table 1)‚ in the third generation where the chi-squared was found to
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THE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN pH ON THE ACTIVITY OF ENZYMES Introduction: Enzymes are catalysts that speed up‚ and control chemical reactions within a cell and break down complex molecules into smaller ones. Some of the chemical reactions that take place in the body produce toxic by-products which need to be converted. The liver produces hydrogen peroxide‚ which is extremely poisonous. When the catalase comes in contact with the hydrogen peroxide‚ it is broken down into water and oxygen. Aim:
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Aim To find out how 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
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Title: What is the effect of concentration of acid on the rate of diffusion in agar blocks? Aim: To investigate how the concentration affects the rate of diffusion of hydrochloric acid through agar blocks Research Question: To determine how will different concentrations (0.1M‚ 0.2M‚ 0.3M‚ 0.4M‚ 0.5M) of hydrochloric acid affect the rate of diffusion of sodium chloride through agar blocks? Introduction-include prediction; information you have researched before Diffusion refers to the passive movement
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