BIOLOGY GERMINATION EXPERIMENT INTRODUCTION: Germination is the resumption of growth of the embryo plant inside the seed. Requirements for germination: * proper temperature * the presence of adequate water * oxygen There are two types of cotyledons: the monocotyledons (“monocots”) and the dicotyledons (“dicots”). Monocots have one cotyledon. Rice and corn are monocots. Dicots have two cotyledons. Lentils‚ lima beans‚ and green beans are dicots.* Germination in Dicots 1
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Justification Paper Jim Lammers There is no disputing the fact that performance enhancing drugs have the potential to raise the level of competition in athletics. The goals in sport can be boiled down to higher‚ farther‚ and faster; therefore in order to improve competition it is necessary to make athletes bigger‚ faster and stronger. Professional athletes (not collegiate or interscholastic) should be allowed to make choices in their training regimen which will make them better prepared to do the
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The Greenhouse Effect Rationale The “Greenhouse Effect” is a term that refers to a physical property of the Earth’s atmosphere. If the Earth had no atmosphere‚ its average surface temperature would be very low of about 18℃ rather than the comfortable 15℃ found today. The difference in temperature is due to a suite of gases called greenhouse gases which affect the overall energy balance of the Earth’s system by absorbing infrared radiation. In its existing state‚ the Earth atmosphere system balances
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Consequences of greenhouse-effect temperature rises Predicting the consequences of global warming is one of the most difficult tasks for the world’s climate researchers. This is because the natural processes that cause rain‚ hail and snow storms‚ increases in sea level and other expected effects of global warming are dependent on many different factors. It is also difficult to predict the size of the emissions of greenhouse gases in the coming decades‚ as this is determined to a great extent by
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2. Good governance – the concept In the last twenty years‚ the concepts of “governance” and “good governance” have become widely used in both the academic and donor communities. These two traditions have dissimilar conceptualisations. First‚ there is the academic approach‚ which focuses mainly on the study of the different ways in which power and authority relations are structured in a given society. Second‚ there is the donor community’s approach‚ which puts emphasis on the role state
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Effect of Irradiation on the Growth and Germination of the Corn (Zea mays)¹ Mardocheo Yao Crispino S- 5L ¹A scientific paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements in Biology 30 (Principles Of Genetics) laboratory under Mr. Jickerson P. Lado‚ 1st sem.‚ 2013-2014. ABSTRACT The effect of irradiation on the growth and germination of the corn was determined by planting ten seeds per treatment with varying doses. Four hills representing
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The Effects of Heat on the pH of the Vegetable and Their Pigment PURPOSE The purpose of this experiment is to see how pH levels of certain vegetables change while being cooked in four different mediums (frying‚ boiling‚ steaming‚ roasting)‚ and how the varying pH levels change the coloring of the vegetables. We will analyze how the different method of cooking/heating changes the levels of pH. BACKGROUND INFORMATION This experiment is based around the different pigments in vegetables‚ of which
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The rate of germination didn’t really vary between the number of paper towels throughout the experiment. Most of the seeds had germinated in the paper towels. The one outlier that was strange was the one paper towels. Only 14 of the 15 seeds germinated in that group. The difference that we could observation was the healthiness of the plants. IV. Conclusion Paragraph 1 Recap (Evidence): The purpose of our lab was to see if the amount paper towels would affect the germination of the seeds. My
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It was evident since the start of the lap that the big question was‚ how does temperature affect radish germination. The original hypothesis was if temperature affects the tail length of the germinated seed‚ then a higher temperature will lead to a significant decrease in the tail length of the germinated seed. This hypothesis is true‚ according to the collected data. After 6 days of letting the seeds germinate‚ the ones that germinated in room temperature were quicker to germinate and with a lot
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The Effect of Concentration‚ pH and Temperature on Enzyme Activity Biology For Majors October 4‚ 2012 Abstract We examined the reaction an enzyme has when its concentration‚ pH and temperature are altered. In order to do this‚ we added different levels of pH into different test tubes with the enzyme (sucrose)‚ and substrate (sucrose)‚ and we then inverted the tube. The higher pH produced more enzyme activity. Temperature effects enzyme activity by decreasing its stability when the temperature
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