Germinating Peas Lab Report

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Analysis The lab conducted was able to demonstrate the basic concept of cellular reputation by observing germinating peas and non-germinating acrylic beads. As time progressed, the overall volume of the germinating peas continued to decrease while the acrylic beads remained relatively constant. After thirty minutes, the volume of the peas went from 7.75 mL to 6.00 mL, a difference of 1.75 mL. However at the same time, the acrylic beads went from 8.25 mL to 8.00 mL, a mere 0.25 mL difference. While the germinating peas produced large differences between its oxygen consumption, the beads had only slight changing intervals. This leads to conclusion that the respiration rate of the germinating peas was faster than the respiration rate of the acrylic beads. …show more content…

As the peas are germinating, .they require a larger amount of ATP to grow and survive. This then allows the peas to have a higher rate of respiration than the beads. While germinating plants grow, they need to consume more oxygen than plants which have stopped growing. This therefore allows germinating seeds have higher metabolic demands, which then results in a higher rate of respiration compared to non-germinated seeds. Since the acrylic beads are not alive and developing, they do not respire and do not require a significant amount of ATP for production. For that reason, the beads will always have an overall lower rate of respiration in comparison to the germinating peas.These results were to be expected as the germinating peas are living variable, therefore needing cellular respiration to survive. Also as the data proved our group’s prediction, the acrylic beads would experience little to no change in over oxygen consumption due to it being non-living

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