We accept our hypothesis of the germinated seeds in the dark and the dormant seeds in the dark having a higher rate of cellular respiration then germinated seeds in the light and the dormant seeds in the light. The germinated seeds in the dark had 0mL of change in oxygen levels while the germinated seeds in the light had -.05mL of change in their oxygen levels. The germinated seeds in the dark had a .05mL more for their change in oxygen then the germinated seeds in the light, therefore the germinated seeds in the dark had a higher rate of cellular respiration then the germinated seeds in the light. The dormant seeds in the dark had 0mL of change in their oxygen levels and the dormant seeds in the light had -.16mL of change in their oxygen levels. The dormant seeds in the dark had a .16mL greater change in their …show more content…
The growth that the seeds undergo requires a higher amount of energy in the form of ATP then when they are not spending energy in growth; the extra ATP energy needed by the seed is produced through a higher rate of cellular respiration; which means the seeds will use a greater amount of oxygen (ATP: The Perfect Energy Currency for the Cell). A source of error in this lad be the dipping of hands into the water when trying to read the pipettes which would over lap each other. This error could have been prevented by properly adjusting the pipettes so they would not have overlapped and needed to be moved to be read. Another source of error in the lab in the amount of KOH placed in each vile varying. This error could have been avoided by more carefully measuring the amount of KOH in each vile to insure they contained the same amount. A third error was miscalculating the volume in each vial, which could have been prevented by making sure the beads accurately made up for any difference in volume between the
Prelab week 1 Calculations Preparation of 1.5μmol/L mixed low-level standard dilution 150μmol/L × V1=1.5μmol/L × 10ml V1=(1.5μmol/L×10ml)/(150μmol/L)=0.1ml Conversion of milliliters to microliters (0.1ml×1000)μL= 100μL Preparation of 3μmol/L mixed low-level standard dilution 150μmol/L × V1=3μmol/L × 10ml V1=(3μmol/L×10ml)/(150μmol/L)=0.2ml Conversion of milliliters to microliters (0.2ml×1000)μL= 200μL Preparation of 3μmol/L mixed low-level standard dilution 150μmol/L × V1=7.5μmol/L × 10ml V1=(7.5μmol/L×10ml)/(150μmol/L)=0.5ml Conversion of milliliters to microliters (0.5ml×1000)μL= 500μL Preparation of the blank samples The volumetric flask will be filled to the mark with 150μmole/L of stock solution to act as blank (reference). Additional two blanks will
Hypothesis: If one-day pinto bean seedlings are soaked in a water solution, 1% NaCl solution, and 3% NaCl solution, the seedlings exposed to higher sodium concentrations will have decreased cellular respiration rates. Treatments: This experiment involved three treatments and a control. The goal of the experiment was to see how different levels of NaCl affect the rates of cellular respiration in day-old pinto bean seedlings.
Douglas-fir and red alder have seeds that use wings, signifying the use of the wind as a method of seed dispersal. Both trees have seeds than are covered in a seed coat and have nutrient reserves. Gymnosperms, however, have a large megagametophye, which is the haploid nutritional tissue. Angiosperms typically have a smaller megagametophye, that later develops into an endosperm (red alder, however, does not have an endosperm). When seeds germinate, general 4 steps usually occur first: 1) Imbibition, when seeds swells with water and the seed coat ruptures 2) Metabolism increases.
On day one no seeds germinated. By day two, seeds in the control group, 15% and 25% experimental groups had germinated. On day two the experimental group with 25% concentration of miracle gro’ had the most seeds
Fifteen leaf discs were placed in a syringe with water and using the syringe the air was vacuumed out of the leaf discs. The discs were then transferred to a plastic cup with distilled water were the discs sunk to the bottom of the plastic cup. Then the discs were timed on how long it took for half of the fifteen discs to float to the surface. For the treatment groups different concentrations of sodium bicarbonate were added to the distilled water to change the conditions for the leaf discs. After recording the rates of photosynthesis, the mean was calculated by taking the rates measured and adding them together, then dividing by the number of replicants to find the average between them all.
The most important result from this experiment is that it suggested that the increase of Carbon Dioxide, will drastically increase the growth mountain maple in the covered (from the sun) parts in a forest, in the meantime any increase in the temperature of the soil will nullify the increase of light, as we know is to be the main ingredient for photosynthesis. 5. The authors do not use any citations in the
As stated in the background of the lab, "seeds are considered to be in a period of dormancy, where they metabolize stored energy at a very slow rate while the seed is still considered alive" (Hands On Labs). During germination, the developing plant embryo uses the stored food supply in the seed for cellular energy and growth. Thus, cellular respiration is taking place as the seeds grow. Without water the seeds cannot begin germinating thus the seeds in test tube N did not undergo photosynthesis(Hands On Labs). B. Were the seeds in the “G” tube undergoing both photosynthesis and respiration, only photosynthesis, or only respiration?
We then obsevered the two slides for number of cells as well as for food vacuoles inside a cell using a microscope at times of 0,5,10,20, and 30 minutes. Results The following graphs show the results of this experiment. The tetrahymena sample that was introduced to concentrated tobacco had a lower cell/vacuole ratio than the tetrahymena sample that was not exposed to
This is very similar and related to the previously discussed objective of being able to identify biological processes that require energy. Modeling the way organisms capture and store free energy was achieved in several different labs, including the cellular respiration lab. In the lab, we modeled how an organism can capture and use energy through facilitating the germination of seeds. Germination is a very complex biological process that requires the capture and storage of energy for later use. Modeling this process allows further investigation and greater understanding of how energy is captured and used by
Since the data will be checked every day around the same time, the data will be constant, which allows validity and reliability to the experiment. Also, there would need to be a large enough sample to have a statistical significance to determine if the age of a seed actually affects the germination period. Lastly, the pots would need to be bigger and less seeds would be put into the pots. This would help the seeds grow at a proper rate because they would not be competing for resources.
For example, in the response experiment, a yeast solution was prepared without sugar mistakenly and thus had to be prepared again. This suggests that other errors in preparation and measurement could have been encountered. For the future, careful measurements using clean uncontaminated flasks would eliminate possibilities of such error. A source of error for the metabolism experiment involves the yeast’s yellow hue. It is possible that the color of the yeast caused the solution to look more
Research Question: How does the presence of light impact the rate of transpiration in plants? Aim: The aim of this experiment was to investigate how the presence of light affects the rate of transpiration in plants. Hypothesis: As light intensity increases, the rate of transpiration (water uptake) in a plant increases.
The book of Mathew I found is a book filled with the teaching of parables and instruction of Jesus’s life and his promises to mankind. While reading the book I notice that Jesus had a parable for every life situation which he often uses to explains his teaching of the parables that he was speaking about. One of the parable that I like was the sower of seeds, we as Christians have opportunity to sowed good seeds with people we come in contact with daily, we sometimes miss the moment to sowed our seed into some person life’s, we must try to leave a positive impact on people lives with our seeds. In this passage of the sower i learn that we will receive what we sowed good or bad, when the discipline asks Jesus, why he spoke to them in
A layer of dry cotton is placed over the cotton wad so that the KOH does not come in contact with the seeds. • The samples (germinating seeds or fresh seeds and beads or dry seeds and beads or beads alone) are placed over this dry cotton layer. Fig: Assembling a respirometer (http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab5/assemble.html) Part 2 This was done as per the method of
One of the many mistakes in the lab was the amount of water that was put into the seeds in the beginning of the lab, upon observing the results, I noticed that all of seeds in both of the containers were completely drowned in water. The lab in a whole was not as successful as one would have expected because of the contradicting results between what happened and what should have happened. From this lab experiment I was able to learn what germination is, cotyledon is, the anatomy of a seed embryo, and how light can affect the way that a seed can