Fernandes‚ Lisha Almeida Silvia Fernandes‚ Krisann Garrard. The effect of Lead Toxicity on Pollen germination. Received: 15th February 2012 Abstract: Pollen obtained from the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis‚ commonly known as the Hibiscus flower were exposed to different concentrations of Lead to understand the effect of heavy metal on pollen tube germination. Heavy metals such as Lead‚ have shown to decrease the pollen germination and inhibit pollen tube growth. There was a correlation observed
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THE EFFECT OF SALINE ON BEAN GERMINATION AUTHOR: Erik Motyka Lab-partner: MWCC Biology I-109 Professor: Dr. Atryzek ABSTRACT: The response of Phaseolus vulgaris to increased levels of saline solution at germination and seedling growth was investigated. Seeds were germinated in paper towels placed in plastic Ziploc bags with varying concentrations of saline solution and incubated at 25°C. At the end of 14 days the seeds
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tests the process of germination with various pH levels. The pH level of something is its measure of acidity or how basic it is‚ solutions with a pH of less than 7 are said to be acidic‚ and solutions with a pH greater than 7 are said to be basic. The tap water that was used to water our beans had a pH of 6. In this lab‚ we studied the process of germination (the process by which a plant grows from a seed). Certain environmental factors can cause or stop a seed’s germination‚ and these factors include
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of solutions and test their pH. Due to materials available pH strips were the only testing tools available. A table is setup to compare the strip color to its pH level. Four known solutions including bleach‚ lemon juice‚ soda‚ and baking soda were used. There was also an unknown solution in which the pH level was used to determine which solution it was. The pH scale is 1-14‚ a pH of 7 is neutral‚ less than 7 is acidic‚ and greater than 7 is acidic. Materials: * pH strips * 20 test tubes
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observation and data. 2) The independent variable in this experiment was the pH level of the solutions‚ whereas the dependent variable was number of seeds that each solution was able to germinate. Some control variables were the amount of seeds given for each solution‚ amount of sunlight‚ and the amount of days allowed to grow. 3) The effect of pH on seed germination was an obvious pattern. The solution that had a pH closer to seven such as water (7) and coffee (7.5) germinated all five of their
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The pH Scale is a scale made to show how acidic or alkaline a substance is. The pH of something is measured with pH paper which can vary from wide range paper‚ which covers all ph’s‚ but is not as accurate at some others. There are pH papers that get very specific that can have a range such as 2 or 3 and get much more precise. The neutral on the scale is 7. Anything that is below 7 is considered acidic and anything above 7 is considered alkaline. Acidic substances contain more H+ than OH-. H+
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The Effect of pH on the Rate of Osmosis Using a Glucose Solution Melissa Werderitch Biology 157 11/6/06 Introduction In a journal article written by Florian Lang‚ osmosis is essentially explained as the flow of water from one area to another that are separated by a selectively permeable membrane to equalize concentrations of particles in the two locations (Lang‚ 1997). Osmosis is able to maintain osmotic pressure and regulate a cell’s volume. In a hypotonic () or hypertonic () environment
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have been a lot of studies done on the growth of seeds which is called seed germination. There are a lot of factors which can affect the seed germination some factors are temperature‚ light expose‚ the population of
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Investigation on Effects of Different pH on Enzyme Activity How does the different pH buffers affect activity of potato enzyme/extract? Introduction: Proteins are polymers that are made up of smaller units/monomers called amino acids. There are 20 different types of amino acids‚ thus make up many different combinations in types‚ numbers of amino acids as well as their orders – an explanantion for why there are so many proteins. Every protein‚ due to various reactions of amino acids to each
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College General Biology I Enzymes‚ test for effect of pH on catalase activity Purpose The main purpose of this experiment was to learn about enzymes and how to test for the effect of pH on catalase activity and to be able to tell if a reaction is an exergonic or endergonic process. Introduction Enzymes are made from amino acids‚ which are made from proteins. In order to make an enzyme‚ hundreds of amino acids are strung together in a very specific and unique order and eventually is folded
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