Macromolecules of Life Testing for Sugar
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Lab Report Assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions, diagrams if needed, and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor.
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Data Table 1 |
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Test Tube # |
Description |
Observations |
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1 |
Glucose |
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2 |
Potato starch |
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3 |
Onion |
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4 |
Water |
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Questions
A. What is the purpose of this exercise, and for what substance are you testing?
B. Which of the test tubes is the control?
C. Which test tube did you find to contain the most of the test substance?
D. Beside the control, which test tube contained the least of the test substance?
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E. If the color changes are not as you expected what are possible explanations?
F. What can you conclude from your observations?
G. How might you use the Benedict’s reagent test in a practical real-life situation?
H. What do you feel you have learned in doing this exercise?
