Monday, February 20, 2012

5.6 describe a simple experiment to investigate carbon dioxide production by yeast, in different conditions

Describe a simple experiment to investigate carbon dioxide production by yeast, in  different conditions

An experiment which would be viable would be:
1. To get a set amount of yeast and sucrose and to mix them. In this example, it would be 10 ml of yeast with 15 ml of sucrose.
2. Then a set amount of the solution should be added to 5 or more different test tubes.
3. The solution HAS to respire anaerobically, so no more oxygen can be let in. A bung put on top of the test tube will stop any air from coming in.
3. A change in each of the test tubes must be apparent, in this case we will use temperature. One of the test tubes will be at 5 degrees, and the temperature goes up by 10 until all the test tubes are done.
4. The gas can be collected in a water trough, using the displacement of water to determine how much CO2 is produced.

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for all the good defenitions. Just failed my IGCSE Double Award Science Last Year and now i am revising all of this with your Blogspot. I hope I pass if I learn all of this. But you wrote in this part two times 3 ;=)

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