A critical point happens when a substance has a high enough temperature and pressure that both liquid and gas can exist at the same time. This state is called a critical point. Now‚ when a state of matter changes from one state to another is called a phase shift. Phase shifts are extremely important and most commonly observe phase shifts daily. For an example‚ when water freezes into ice‚ or the water in the shower turns to steam. To begin to start describing how a phase shift works we must understand
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CP2085 Effect of Temperature‚ Study and Measure of Enzymes Activity Abstract This experiment investigates the effect that temperature has on the rate of activity of enzyme β-galactosidase and also the rate of β-galactosidase activity in different concentration of substrate over time. Ο-nitrophenylgalactoside (ONPG) is used as a substrate for β-galactosidase. A spectrophotometer is used to detect the change in colour of the substrate. Results show that increase in temperature up to 50oC speeds
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Mikhail Kashtelyan The Consequences of a global temperature rise on arctic ecosystems Nowadays the climate is changing‚ in more exact words the global temperature is raising every year. Those climate changes may cause a lot of different disasters and brake of ecosystems. A place that is really endangered of global temperature rise is arctic. Arctic is a very big icy landmass that is located north of the Arctic Circle. Arctic contains a lot of different kind of species. If the icy landmass
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‘Kinetics’ is the study of chemical reactions. The speed of a reaction can vary depending on many variables such as the nature of the reactants‚ particle size‚ concentration and temperature. For a chemical reaction to occur‚ there must be a collision between reactants. The reaction rate is slower when the reactants are large and complex molecules because it takes longer for the molecules to combine together creating a chemical reaction. More than 2000 years ago‚ Democritus‚ who was a philosopher
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Investigation into the photosynthetic activity of isolated chloroplasts from spinach beet to various light conditions. Introduction Chlorophyll‚ an important pigment in chloroplasts‚ is an essential component in photosynthesis; converting electromagnetic radiation from the sun into potential chemical energy. Photons excite electrons in chlorophyll which move through the electron transport chain‚ resulting in energy being stored in the bonds of ATP and NADPH. The flow of electron through the electron
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manual. The independent variable in this experiment was temperature as it was the effects of temperature that was being measured. The dependent variable were ventilation rates and oxygen consumption as they were being measured. There were 10 fish per treatment level. There were two treatment levels‚ 25 C and 15 C. Ten fish tanks per treatment level were set up‚ the first group of fish tank were filled with spring water and kept at room temperature of 25 C‚ whereas‚ the second group of fish tank were
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CALIBRATION USING CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE BATHS TXDOT DESIGNATION: TEX-926-K Test Procedure for THERMOMETER CALIBRATION USING CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE BATHS Texas Department of Transportation TxDOT Designation: Tex-926-K Effective Date: August 1999 1. SCOPE 1.1 Calibrate thermometers by comparison with standard thermometers while immersed in stirred water or oil baths. Alternately‚ calibrate specific points by placing in a reference temperature bath such as a mixture of
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LAB ACTIVITY: Coastal and Continental Temperature Ranges ANALYSIS: 1) I can tell from the temperature curves that the cities are all in the Northern Hemisphere because it ranges from low to high then back to low again starting in January. 2) The city that has the greatest yearly temperature range is Bismarck‚ N.D. 3) The cause of the greatest range is because the location is located most near the pole. 4) The rates of heating and cooling do not differ much for New York
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speed up the activation rates that occur in living organisms. Without enzymes‚ it would be difficult to break down particles like food in the digestion system. Enzymes are all very specific to what chemical reactions they will work with‚ and the temperature‚ pH‚ and salt concentration have to be a specific levels in order for the enzyme to function. The structure of each enzyme has a fixed shape in which a certain the substrate will fit into. The sequence of the amino acids in the enzyme determines
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Enzyme Activity How does temperature affect enzyme activity? In this practical investigation‚ my aim is to discover how temperature will affect enzyme activity‚ by looking at the rate of reaction. I predict that the higher the temperature will be‚ the faster the reactions take place. However‚ I also think that there will be an optimum temperature‚ at which the reaction will work at its fastest; if the temperature goes beyond that‚ the reactions will stop altogether as the enzymes would have
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