Biology 160 Lab Manual Tacoma Community College Last update 06/03/2013 This page left intentionally blank Table of Contents Table of Contents i Laboratory 1: Principles of the Scientific Method 4 In-Lab Report Sheet 12 This page has been left intentionally blank 27 Laboratory 2: Scientific Methodology & Enzyme Activity 28 In-Lab Report Sheet 28 Objectives 33 Introduction 33 Parts of the Swift M5 Microscope 33
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9/19/2012 Experiment #1-Density Aim: Learn how the process of distillation occurs. Observe how distillation separates alcohol from wine. Method: Distillation is based on the fact that the matter can exist in three phases - - solid‚ liquid and gas. As the temperature of a pure substance is increased‚ it passes through these phases‚ making a transition at a specific temperature from solid to liquid (melting point--mp) and then at a higher temperature from liquid to gas (boiling point--bp). Distillation
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Fermentation Lab Introduction For bacteria and many single-celled protists fermentation is a common anaerobic pathway that the cells use to collect energy from carbohydrates to form ATP. The process for fermentation begins in the cytoplasm with a process called glycolysis‚ which converts one molecule of glucose into two molecules of pyruvate. When glycolysis is complete four ATP would be produced but the net yield would be two ATP taking into account the initial investment of two ATP
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Increased production of CO2 is a result of increased temperatures acceleration of the rate of fermentation. Abstract: We have tested the affects of increased temperature above room temperature on the rate of fermentation of yeast. We had 6 flasks filled with 6mL DI water‚ 2mL Yeast suspension and 6mL glucose of which 3 were at 25°C and 3 were at 37°C. The flasks at 37°C had each mixture pre-heated at 37°C for 2 minutes before being combined and then added to the flask where it was put into the bath
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The main objective of this lab is to see if the rate of cellular respiration will be affected if we change the food source from glucose to three different experimental variables (fructose‚ sucrose‚ lactose). Cellular Respiration is a process that generates ATP and it involves the complete breakdown of glucose to carbon dioxide and water. Carbohydrates‚ fats‚ and proteins can all be used as fuels in cellular respiration‚ but glucose is most commonly used as an example to examine the reactions and
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Stacy Hernandez Period 1 Mrs. Riley AP Biology Osmosis and Diffusion Lab I. Introduction: Diffusion is vital to many life functions of a cell‚ it allow the transportation of vitally important nutrients and compounds without the expenditure of excess metabolic energy. To explain diffusion‚ it is as if a bottle of perfume is opened at one end of the room‚ then in a short amount of time a person at the other end of the room can detect the scent of the perfume; this is the process of diffusion
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of Fast Plants Kristin Phillips Dr. Orlando April 4‚ 2014 Abstract The experiment that was being completed was the genetics of plants using Fast Plants. The purpose of this project was to understand Mendel’s concept of a Dihybrid by performing similar crosses and calculated the phenotypes that are displayed. This project was conducted over many weeks by planting F1 seed and waiting for them to grow then cross-pollinating the F1 plants to produce the F2 seeds. Next students were to plant
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Abstract Enzymes are affected by changes in pH. The most favorable pH value— the point where the enzyme is most active—is known as the optimum pH. This experiment was conducted to determine the effect of pH reaction rate on an enzyme‚ catalase‚ from yeast. The experimental results indicate that the catalase worked best at a neutral pH level of seven (7). Introduction An enzyme is a protein molecule that serves as a catalyst. “The basic function of an enzyme is to increase the rate of a reaction;
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Lab Report: Mendelian Genetics Introduction: In 1866 an Austrian monk‚ Gregor Mendel‚ presented the results of painstaking experiments on the inheritance patterns of garden peas. Those results were heard‚ but probably not understood‚ by Mendel’s audience. Now‚ more than a century later‚ Mendel’s work seems elementary to modern–day geneticists‚ but its importance cannot be overstated. The principles generated by Mendel’s pioneering experimentation are the foundation for genetic counseling so important
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Gregor Mendel and the Principles of Inheritance Intro: In the 1800’s‚ a hypothesis existed that suggested that genetic material is contributed by the two parents by mixing an equivalent way. However‚ this “blending hypothesis” did not last long due to the discovery that if this had been true‚ we would end up with a uniform population of individuals. Gregor Mendel‚ a scientist and monk‚ documented a particulate mechanism for inheritance. This was developed before chromosomes were observed under
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