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Cellular Respiration

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LAB REPORT

PHOTOS – Include the digital photos as attachments or place them right into your report.

Photo #1 - Take a photo which is a CLOSE UP of the seeds AFTER they have germinated, while still in the petri dish.

Photo #2 – Take a photo of your experimental set up with the two tubes in the glass, AT THE END. Get close enough that the results show in both tubes. Set up your tubes side by side on the same side of the glass so this can be done. You may need to put BLACK PAPER or a dark background behind the glass, to reduce glare.

Data Table 1: Oxygen Consumption Measured by Change in Water Level

Starting Level of

Water

Water level:

30 min

Water level:

1 hour

Water level:

1 hour, 30 min

Experiment

Control

Questions

A. Why use germinating seeds to detect cellular respiration?

B. Explain how the movement − or lack of movement − of the water in the respirometer is a reflection of cellular respiration.

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C. What is the role of the NaOH-saturated ball of cotton in the respirometer? What would have

occurred if it were not in place?

D. In photosynthesis what is the reactant gas and what is the product gas? 

In respiration what is the reactant gas and what is the product gas? 

What is the elegant relationship between these gases and these two different processes? 

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Include

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as attachments or place them right into your report.

Photo #1

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Take a photo which is a CLOSE UP of the seeds AFTER they have germinated, while still

in the petri dish.

Photo #2

Take a photo of your experimental set up with the two tubes in the glass, AT THE END.

Get close enough that the results show in both tubes. Set up your tubes side by side on the same

side of the glass so this can be done. You may need to put BLACK PA

PER or a dark background

behind the glass, to reduce glare.

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Experiment

Cellular respiration

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www.LabPaq.com

Cellular Respiration

Hands-on labs, inc. Version 42-0040-00-01

LAB REPORT

PHOTOS – Include the digital photos as attachments or place them right into your report.

Photo #1 - Take a photo which is a CLOSE UP of the seeds AFTER they have germinated, while still

in the petri dish.

Photo #2 – Take a photo of your experimental set up with the two tubes in the glass, AT THE END.

Get close enough that the results show in both tubes. Set up your tubes side by side on the same

side of the glass so this can be done. You may need to put BLACK PAPER or a dark background

behind the glass, to reduce glare.

Data Table 1: Oxygen Consumption Measured by Change in Water Level

Starting Level of

Water

Water level:

30 min

Water level:

1 hour

Water level:

1 hour, 30 min

Experiment

Control

Questions

A. Why use germinating seeds to detect cellular respiration?

B. Explain how the movement - or lack of movement - of the water in the respirometer is a

reflection of cellular respiration.