Potato Enzyme Lab INTRODUCTION An enzyme is a protein that speeds up or slows down a specific chemical reaction in an organism. A good rule of thumb is to remember that enzyme names end in “-ase”. This will help in identifying enzymes in further readings. Generally enzymes are catalysts. Hydrogen peroxide is a toxic chemical that is produced in many organisms during metabolism. Organisms must get rid of this toxin to survive. One reaction turns the hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. The
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Sang Kim Enzyme Catalyst Purpose/Problem: There are four parts to the Enzyme Catalyst lab - Activity A‚ B‚ C‚ and D. In activity A‚ the characteristics of enzyme actions will be observed. The main purposes are to determine the rate of an enzyme catalyzed reaction‚ to study the characteristics of an enzyme mediated reaction‚ and to observe the effect of heat on enzyme activity. The purpose of activity B is to use the Titration Protocol to determine the initial amount of H 2O2 present
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Change in respiratory rate during exercise Aim: To record and investigate how the breathing rate varies for the duration of light and heavy exercise. Introduction: When an individual exercises‚ the muscles being used needs extra energy from oxygen. The lungs pump oxygen to the heart‚ and then the heart pumps the oxygenated blood through the blood to the particular muscle that is working. The human body has a series of organs working together‚ which is named the respiration system. The organs involved
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Introduction The heart is an extremely important organ in the human body‚ and it must be able to adjust the heart rate for when a person is resting or for when a person is running. Heart rate is defined as the number of heartbeats per unit of time‚ usually per minute (Medicine-Net). The heart rate is based on the number of contractions of the ventricles. The pulse is defined as a bulge of an artery from waves of blood that course through the blood vessels each time the heart beats (Medicine-Net)
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the difference in heart rates before and during intense exercise. Aim: The aim of the investigation was to discover how the heart rate varied with the intensity of exercise. The heart rate is a term describing the regularity of the cardiac cycle. The heart rate is the amount of times it contracts (beats) in a unit of time‚ nearly always per minute. At rest the adult female’s heart rate regulates 75 bpm (beats per minute) but this varies between people. If the heart rate is measured before‚ during
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Chong Molecular Biology CTW: Enzyme Kinetic Dr. Cruz 07/22/2010 Enzyme kinetics Introduction Enzymes are biological catalysts or assistants‚ without enzyme many of important processes of life could not happen. Most of enzymes are proteins that help speed up chemical reactions by lowering amount of activation energy needed for the reaction1. Enzymes are usually highly selective‚ only bind to specific substrate and convert it to product at a particular rate1. The rate of the reaction affects by
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Structure: Enzymes are globular proteins that act as catalysts‚ they have a specific 3D shape that is the result of their amino acid sequence. There is a specific region of the enzyme that is functional‚ this is called the active site. The active site is made up of a small number of amino acids and forms a small depression within the larger enzyme molecule. Moreover‚ the molecule that the enzyme acts upon (substrate) fits precisely into the depression and forms an enzyme-substrate complex. The substrate
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Investigative Quest The purpose of this experiment was to find out how music affects the female human heart rate. Hypothesis My hypothesis is that female resting heart rate will increase as the music tempo increases. If the tempo is slower the heart rate will stay at resting heart rate or decrease. Variables The variables used in this experiment were: • The tempo of the music. • The subject’s heart rate. • The subject’s age. Controls The controls used in this experiment were: • How long the subject
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heart rate to speed up‚ decrease‚ or stay the same‚ the volume of sound has a high effect on the heart. However‚ if people will let down the volume of sound‚ others would not be mannered by the increase in volume managing to the deadly heart attack. Sound within the community‚ for instance‚ traffic can cause a human’s heart rate of increase. Problem of heartbeat tends to be solved by seeing what kind of sound causes the increase of heart rates to place a termination to increase of heart rate. If
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The topic is The Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Dissolving. In this experiment‚ the scientist will research how the temperature of water will affect the rate of dissolving of different chemical solutes. The independent variable in this experiment are the different types of solutes used and the different temperatures the solvent will be adjusted to‚ and the dependent variable is the amount of weight of the solvent after the solute has dissolved in it. The constants are the same cups used to
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