John’s ship finally arrived in New York and he was exhausted. He and his family traveled to America because of the potato famine that was happening back home in Ireland. The first task he needed to do was find a place to live at with his family; he realized that the decent houses and apartments were out of his budget. He only had money for the crowded and unhygienic apartments‚ if they could be called that. After John picked a “room” out‚ he went to search for jobs. While he was out looking for work
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of concentration? Wouldn’t a higher concentration allow for a higher temperature as there is less time for heat to escape during the reaction? These are all questions that could be further developed to understand this how hydrogen peroxide and this potato catalase functions. How does this apply to the real world? The whole idea of this experiment was concentration‚ and how concentration impacts a reaction. One example relating to hydrogen peroxide is 3% hydrogen peroxide sold over drug stores‚
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Controlled Assessment: Osmosis of a Potato [pic] Osmosis: Osmosis is the movement of substances through a partially/semi permeable membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration to balance of the concentration of the two sides. Biological membranes do allow water to pass through‚ but water will have no net movement unless osmosis takes place. Preliminary Method I have chosen to investigate the factor of the weight of potato strips after set amounts of time.
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Title of Lab: Preparation and Assay of Phenolase and Peroxidase from Sweet and Irish Potato Hypothesis: Polyphenol Oxidase enzyme activity can be detected by change in colour of solution‚ Inhibitors prevent the reaction of the enzymes with substrates‚ the enzyme is relatively specific. Aim: To design and conduct an experiment to demonstrate enzyme activity of Polyphenol Oxidase and Peroxidase when mixed with catechol‚ caffeic acid‚ pyrogallad‚ tyrosine‚ guacol‚ and water‚ to test the effect of
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Using Sucrose Solutions to Determine Osmolarity of Potato Tubers Based on Weight By Thomas Pelikan Biology 200A Section 004 Kimberly Schmidt October 2‚ 2012 Abstract: In this experiment we were trying to determine the osmolarity of potato tubers by weighing them before and after incubating them in solutions of sucrose with varying molarities. To find the osmolarity we took a potato and used a cork borer to obtain seven samples of potato tubers. We then prepared seven beakers with concentrations
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Investigating Osmosis In Potato Cells Apparatus: The apparatus used in this experiment were: 1) 5 beakers‚ 2) 3 large potatoes (same type)‚ 3) 15 pieces of potato without skin (roughly the same size)‚ 4) 10 pins‚ 5) 50ml of distilled water‚ 6) 50ml salt solution 0.50‚ 7) 50ml salt solution 1.00‚ 8) 50ml salt solution 1.50‚ 9) 50ml salt solution 2.00 10) Scales‚ 11) Knife‚ 12) chopping board‚ 13) cork borer‚ Prediction & Theory: When the potato pieces are put in to the water there
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occur by moving water through the semi-permeable membranes. If the concentration of sucrose in the solution is less than the concentration of sucrose found in the potato‚ then the potato would decrease in mass. The opposite would occur as well‚ if the concentration of sucrose in the solution is more than that of the potato‚ then the potato would expand and gain in mass. In conducting this as an
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How does the amount of dissolved NaCl in water effect the volume of one drop? Aim: This experiment plans to measure the volume of one drop of water and compare it the volume of one drop of sodium chloride solution. What will be attempted by this experiment is to measure the volume of one drop of distilled water by measuring a control and comparing it the volume of one drop of distilled water with dissolved NaCl. This will be done by using a burette for dropping the distilled water and a electrolyte
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How does the extract construct a representation of age? Age in this extract is represented through camera-work‚ sound‚ editing and mise-en-scene. Monarch of the Glen‚ a British tv-series is based on Compton Mackenzies novel ‘Monarch of the Glen.’ Due to the setting based around older people and their community‚ younger characters are presented as pests and troublemakers to them‚ for example ‘Amy McDougal’ who lies about her age. Firstly‚ the main character in the blue jacket is presented as superior
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Pest insects are based on the potential damage on human purpose. They cause damage to the agricultural crops‚ consume and or damage harvested food‚ cause illness or unproductively to agricultural animals‚ and vector human disease. For centuries man had made innovative ways in combining pest insects‚ which leads to the invention of insecticides. Though insecticides contributed big in the elimination of pest insects‚ it also contributed ecological alteration due to its toxic
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