Potato Catalysis Lab Pre-Lab Assignment Background Information: An enzyme is catalytic protein. It is the most important type of molecule found in living cells. Cells would not be able to function without enzymes. Enzymes speed up or slow down chemical reactions of the cells. It is usually easy to identify the names of enzymes because they end in -ase. The enzyme that acts upon the substrate hydrogen peroxide is usually called catalase. This enzyme is found in both plants and animals
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Aim To observe and measure the effect of osmosis on the mass of potato using a starch solution. Introduction In order to measure the effect of osmosis‚ eighteen pieces of potato were cut and placed in six groups‚ each group of three pieces cut to weigh as close as possible to one another. For each potato group‚ a test tube was half filled with a starch solution varying in concentration from 0% (water) to 1%. Hypothesis Through osmosis
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Osmosis of a Potato cell. Hypothesis is that the potato in saltwater is going to show that it will break down the cells of the potato. Osmosis is the diffusion of a solvent through a semi-permeable membrane‚ from a solution of low solute concentration to a solution with high solute concentration‚ up a solute concentration gradient. Net movement of solvent is from the less-concentrated to the more-concentreated.‚ which tends to redure the difference in concentrations. This effect can be countered
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How Batteries Work TOPIC: Explanation of how batteries work SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform the audience how a battery works on a scientific level THESIS STATEMENT: A battery is essentially a can full of chemicals in which chemical reactions take place to allow for the flow of electrons. Introduction I. Batteries are everywhere. They are in our cell phones‚ our flashlights‚ our cars‚ our laptops. (Attention getter) II. Life as we know it is made possible largely by batteries. III
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This was conducted through four different experiments. The first tested the effect of temperature on enzyme activity. The independent variable in the first experiment was the temperature of the solution of pH 7 buffer‚ potato juice‚ and the enzyme. The independent variable for the second experiment was the pH of the phosphate buffer. The independent variable for the third experiment was the enzyme concentration of the solution‚ and finally the independent variable of the
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interested in a career in a demanding field. II. General Information: In this course‚ you will have to do the following during 1st Semester. 1. Develop your own original idea for a scientific investigation (you must experimentally solve a problem using real data) 2. Conduct research that helps you develop a hypothesis 3. Plan experimental procedures using appropriate scientific methods 4. Gather necessary materials and complete any necessary forms in a timely manner. 5. Perform
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LEMON BATTERY: A PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE Thesis Statement: Lemon is a kind of voltaic battery that contains citric acid that could generate LED; digital clocks; calculators; small devices and among others sufficiently like ordinary batteries‚ economically. OUTLINE: I. Basic Information About Lemon Battery A. What Is Battery? B. Definition Of Lemon C. History Of Lemon D. History Of Lemon Battery E. Definition Of Lemon Battery F. Lemon Battery
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B. Yeats‚ 1921 TEACHER ’S INTRODUCTION Between 1845 and 1850‚ more than a million Irish people starved to death while massive quantities of food were being exported from their country. A half million were evicted from their homes during the potato blight‚ and a million and a half emigrated to America‚ Britain and Australia‚ often on-board rotting‚ overcrowded "coffin ships". This is the story of how that immense tragedy came to pass. The necessary historical and political context for a
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The Irish Potato Famine occurred in Ireland in 1845 to 1849‚ when the potato harvest failed. A disease that destroys the edible parts of potato plants known as Late Blight caused the unsuccessful crop. The Irish Potato Famine was the worst famine to occur in Europe in the 19th century. Almost fifty percent of the Irish population had become dependent on potatoes in their diet‚ but the entire population consumed the crop in large quantities‚ especially the rural and the poor. The Potato was very susceptible
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rate in rechargeable batteries Article Citation * "New technology improves both energy capacity and charge rate in rechargeable batteries." Physorg. N.p.‚ 14 Nov. 2011. Web. 6 Dec. 2011. . Provided by Northwestern University Summary * Recently‚ an electrode for lithium ion batteries that can hold 10 times greater energy than those available in current technology was created by a group of engineers. Despite the limitations they faced to create efficient batteries such as low charge rate
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