Effect of Temperature on Content of Vitamin C Introduction A daily intake of Vitamin C is essential for humans. Without it‚ the disease scurvy develops as sailors‚ explorers and people during the long winters in the Northern hemisphere found before the time of Captain Cook. The British Navy started giving sailors lime juice to prevent scurvy on long voyages in 1795. Vitamin C is found in high levels in foods such as oranges‚ limes‚ lemons‚ blackcurrants‚ parsley and capsicums. Vitamin C is water
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ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION IN YEAST AIM: See the effect of temperature in anaerobic respiration of yeast by counting carbon dioxide bubbles. HYPHOTESIS: Anaerobic respiration in yeast will decrease as temperature increases. VARIABLES: Independent: Temperature Dependent: Rate of anaerobic respiration in yeast Fix: Volume of sugar solution (40ml) ‚ Concentration of sugar solution‚ yeast mass (2g)‚ volume of solution of yeast & sugar all together (20ml) MATERIALS: Delivering tube 2 test tubes
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The effect of different temperature on the cell respiration. Introduction: Cell respiration is the controlled release of energy from organic compounds in cells to form ATP‚and then release waste products. The process of cell respiration can take place in the presence or absence of oxygen. In either case‚the first stage of cell respiration is glycolysis.The effect of temperature on cell respiration mainly depends on the effect of temperature on of enzyme activity.Generally speaking in a certain
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Abstract: This project looks at how the temperature of an experiment can affect its reaction time. The purpose of this experiment is to determine if dissolving reactions are affected by waters temperature. I believe that if the H2O temperature increases‚ then the Alka-Seltzer tablet will dissolve faster because the hot water molecules will move faster colliding with the tablet particles. Water will be the independent variable due to the fact is will always stay in its same form throughout the
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Effects of Temperature on Beetroot Cell Membranes Background Information: A cell membranes is a thin structure that surrounds the whole cell. It contains the cytoplasm of a cell. The cell membrane is made up of hydrophilic region and a hydrophobic region. The hydrophilic region likes water‚ it is on the outside of the cell‚ the hydrophobic region is the inside of the cell where its protected from H2O. The cell membrane’s outer surface lets larger molecules into the cell. The inner surface deals
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Title: Confirming the Presence of Fermentation in the Conversion of Milk to Kefir Authors: Michael Ahrens‚ Nicholas Fiore‚ Garrett Hages‚ Melissa Cullom University of Kansas‚ Biol 402‚ Fall 2014‚ 3:00pm room 6040 Abstract: In this experiment milk was fermented into Kefir‚ then a series of tests were used to confirm that fermentation actually occurred. The tests used to confirm the fermentation were a gas production test‚ pH test‚ Gram stain‚ and turbidity test. The results showed during the conversion
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selfish genetic element: the 2-μm plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Evol Biol 25(11): 2348-56. What are the actors (e.g.‚ what parts of the organism are in conflict) and what are they in conflict over? The 2 μm plasmid of Saccharomyces yeast is in conflict with the cell host‚ this plasmid cost the host through using the cells’ resources ; meaning a burden on the host to synthesize more proteins as well as increasing the amount of DNA the host cells needs to accommodate. What is the
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Aim:- To investigate the effect of changing the temperature of glycerin on the index of refraction. In this experiment I will be using a simple method‚ which needs the following materials 40ml of glycerin in a beaker‚ protractor‚ a pencil‚ a laser‚ a paper to draw boundaries‚ circular plastic plates‚ hotplate‚ ruler and a digital thermometer. In this experiment 1 trial will be conducted for glycerin with 70 Celsius degrees ‚66‚62‚58‚ and another trial with 10 Celsius degrees. Scientific Background:-
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“Investigate the factors affecting the rate of yeast respiration” Lab Report Introduction The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of different amounts of a substrate on the respiration rate of yeast and to compare this to the effect of different amounts of glucose on the rate of yeast respiration. The substrate which I chose to further investigate was fructose. Fructose is a fruit sugar which is one of the three‚ along with glucose and galactose‚ dietary monosaccharides that
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cellular respiration and fermentation. However in terms of the process‚ it can be difficult to understand‚ due to the many steps involved in a single phase. Some students hypothesized that if a human contracts their forearm muscles repetitively‚ then the muscles will be fatigued. But if yeast is awoken from its dormant state‚ the balloon’s circumference and weight will increase‚ the pH will decrease‚ and the process of cellular respiration will be replaced by fermentation. Parts of the hypothesis
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