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Chemical Basis Of Life Part I Carbohydrates Lab Report
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Chemical Basis of
Life – Part I Carbohydrates

H a n d s - o n l a b s , i n c . Ve r s i o n
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LAB REPORT
PHOTOS – Include two digital photos with your lab report, either as separate attachments to an e-mail or paste into your document.
1. Photo #1 – Take a photo of your finished experiment in exercise 2, testing for sugars.

(The 3 test tubes after heating, but while still in the pan.)
Be sure to take a view that shows the colors in all the tubes

^Picture is A, B, X in that order^

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2. Photo #2 – Take a photo of the tubes after you have added the iodine solution.
(Again, be sure that you are close enough to see the results clearly.)
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D. Could the procedure you conducted in this exercise be classified as a quantitative test?
Yes it can, because we were seeing if the different substances showed any amounts of monosaccharides or disaccharides.

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Exercise 3: Complex Carbohydrates
Observations:

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Data Table 3: Color change in test tubes with IKI solution iKi test for starch Initial Color
Final Color

A

B

X

cloudy clear

clear

clear

very dark blue

orangy-yellow reddish orange/yellow

Questions:
A. Is there starch in the unknown solution? Explain your answer.
There is no starch in the unknown fluid because the colors that came up were not blue which is the indicator when using iodine.

B. Why may it be important to test for starch?
Its important to test for starch because thats a very important energy source.
C. What types of food may be composed of starch?
Its a carbohydrate so its most in foods like: cereal, bread, oats, and other staple foods.


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Exercise 5: Testing Breakfast Cereal
Observations:

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Material tested

Data Table 5: Cereal testing results biuret reagent

Benedict’s reagent

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