Dry Peas Lab Report

Our data recorded shows that the germinating peas did consume more oxygen than the non-germinating or the glass beads alone and that the cooler temperature did slow down the consumption of oxygen in the germinating peas. In both water baths the atmospheric pressure seemed to increase causing our reading to raise in our glass beads and non-germinating peas. This direct relationship in reading leads us to believe that the oxygen consumption in the non-germinating peas was minimal if any at all.

To performed the experiment, a volumeter was set up to measure the net oxygen production under white light, then a second step was followed to measure oxygen consumption under dark conditions (oxygen production only happens in the presence of light and oxygen consumption in the presence of dark light) and finally, a third step consisted of recording the measure of the net oxygen production under the presence of green light.

The first lab was conducted to analyze how germination affects the rate of cellular respiration in lima beans compared to dormant seeds. In order to

The results observed do not correspond with the outcome predicted by the hypothesis. Despite the nature of the subjects of the experiments, no substantial growth was observed. Only one seed of the 36 planted germinated, and it could only survive for a period of a week. The one seed that germinated reach a height of 1.2 cm. Table 1 presents the average growth observed in each quad. Each quad had a total of 12 seeds. No seeds were removed during the course of the experiment.

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There are many procedures during this lab and many materials needed for an accurate analysis of data. First, fill a 100 mL graduated cylinder with 50 mL of water. Add 25 germinating peas and determine the amount of water that is displaced. Record this volume of the 25 germinating peas, then remove the peas and put those peas on a paper towel. They will be used for the first respirometer. Next, refill the graduated cylinder with 50 mL of water and add 25 non-germinating peas to it. Add glass beads to the graduated cylinder until the volume is the same to that of germinating peas. Remove the beads and peas and put on a paper towel. They will be used in respirometer 2. Now, the graduated cylinder was filled once again, determine how many glass beads will be require to reach the same volume of the germinating peas. Remove the beads and they will be used in respirometer 3. Then repeat the procedures used above to prepare a second set of germinating peas, dry peas and beads, and beads to be used in respirometers 4,5,and 6, the only difference is the temperature of the water.

In this activity two sets of experiments are performed to determine the rate of cellular respiration by measuring the amount of CO2 in fermentation tube. Larger the rate of cellular respiration, larger will be the amount of gas produced. To conduct the experiment yeast and water were added together at first. Yeast mixture was poured into the test tube and another test tube on the top. After flipping the tube upside down the amount of gas produced was observed at the top of Tube for about 10 minutes to determine the Cellular Respiration Rate.

METHODS/PROCEDURES: In the beginning of the experiment, pea seeds were used in order to perform the experiment. It was extremely important to acquire good, dry, and viable seeds so the process of germination could occur. A handful of these healthy seeds worked best in assisting the experiment. The seeds ability to germinate was a vital information needed to determine the outcome of the experiment.

1B). The tube with germinating peas had the heights rate of oxygen consumption. The reasoning behind this is because the peas were doing aerobic respiration in which the oxygen was consumed by the peas and the carbon dioxide was released from the peas. The thermobar tube had the lowest rate of oxygen consumption because the glass beads did not undergo aerobic respiration, rather potassium hydroxide reacted with carbon dioxide to form the potassium carbonate and water. In fact, the thermobar data displayed a negative slope of the amount raw oxygen consumption, showing that as the reaction continued that the amount of oxygen that was consumed decreased. In regards to the slopes, the scatterplot shows that there was a positive slope for the germinating

Those three experiments showed that the way onion cells are dealing with the movement of water in and out of the cell is by osmosis. That Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a membrane into a solution having a greater solute concentration. The cell

However one beaker received 100 mL of Deionized water with a molarity of 0.0. Afterwards a cork borer was pushed through the potato and was twisted back and forth. Once the borer was filled it was removed from the potato. Pushing the potato cylinder out of the borer, this this step was repeated six more times in order to get seven undamaged potato cylinders. Using a sharp razor blade, the potato cylinders were both cut to a uniform length of about 5cm, and were removed of their potato skins. The potato pieces were also cut in half to give the cells a greater surface area in which it was easier to absorb the solution. After the cylinders were weighed on a balance and the data was recorded in Table 4. Using the razor blade each potato was cut lengthwise into two long halves. Then the potato pieces were transferred to the water beaker and the time they were submerged was recorded. This step was repeated for all potato cylinders in which the pieces were placed in solutions 0.1 to 0.6 M. The potatoes were incubated for ninety minutes. At the end of the incubation period the time was recorded. Then the potato piece was removed form the first sample. Next potato pieces were weighed the and the final weight was recorded in Table 4. This procedure was repeated until all samples had been weighed and recorded in the chronological order they were initially placed in the test solution. Afterwards the table was completed by recording the

This experiment consisted of 3 respirometers, one with ants, one with radish seeds, and one with glass beads. Each with 4 pellets of KOH and a piece of cotton. They were placed in a water bath that was at 75 degrees fahrenheit. A bubble at the end of the respirometer was measured every five minutes, and this distance showed how well the organisms were respiring. The radish seeds were able to do the most cellular respiration in 25 minutes, with the ants being a close second, and the control respirometer of the glass beads doing the least.

The hypothesis for this experiment was that at 0m and at .2m the potato core was going to swell making the surroundings it was in hypotonic. For .4m it was stated that the potato core would stay the same, making the surroundings it was in isotonic. For that last three solutions, .6m, .8m, and 1m, it was thought that they would shrink, so that would mean that that the environment that they were placed in was hypertonic. Although these

Cellular respiration is a procedure that most living life forms experience to make and get chemical energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The energy is synthesized in three separate phases of cellular respiration: glycolysis, citrus extract cycle, and the electron transport chain. Glycolysis and the citric acid cycle are both anaerobic pathways because they do not bother with oxygen to form energy. The electron transport chain however, is aerobic due to its use of oxidative phosphorylation. Oxidative phosphorylation is the procedure in which ATP particles are created with the help of oxygen atoms (Campbell, 2009, p. 93). During which, organic food molecules are oxidized to synthesize ATP used to drive the metabolic reactions necessary to maintain the organism’s physical integrity and to support all its activities (Campbell, 2009, pp. 102-103).

The independent variable of this experiment were the different types of the solutions used, while the dependent variable was the mass of the cucumber slices. The constants were, the amount of liquid used and the time the cucumbers were left in the solution. While the control was the cucumber left in the cup with no solution. The students made a hypothesis saying that they believe that the cucumber slices put into the salt solution would decrease in mass while the cucumber put in the distilled water would increase in mass. In the end, the results of the experiment supported the students