plasma membrane. Overview The beetroot discs will be placed in distilled water at different temperatures. You will compare the intensity of the beetroot pigment that has leaked out from the cells subjectively and possibly objectively using a colorimeter. You can relate the findings to the effect of different temperatures on the permeability of cell membranes in beetroot (as well as in other organisms). Features of experimental design The investigation contains these main features of experimental
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different boiling tubes‚ which contained three different standard solutions of Ethanol‚ they were left for half an hour at a certain temperature to get the dye out. Once the time was up‚ the solutions was added to cuvettes and inserted into the colorimeter to test how much light was passed through the sample. Preliminary Work: Before the experiment was started‚ a
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Investigating Effects of duration of heating on permeability of beetroot cell membrane Introduction: Cell membranes contain many different types of molecules which have different roles in the overall structure of the membrane. Phospholipids form a bilayer‚ which is the basic structure of the membrane. Their non-polar tails form a barrier to most water soluble substances. Membrane proteins serves as channels for transport of metabolites‚ some act as enzymes or carriers‚ while some are receptors
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The effect of alcohol concentration on the cell membrane Abstract: In this experiment I found out that as the concentration of the alcohol was increased so did the colour intensity of the solution. This is because the higher concentration of ethanol‚ results in more damage done to the cell membrane‚ resulting in leakage of red pigment from the cell. If the membrane is damaged more‚ more red pigment will leak out of the membrane and into the ethanol. Hypothesis: The higher the concentration
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Aim: To investigate how effect of Detergent Concentration (cont.) has on Membrane permeability of Beetroot cells. Hypothesis: I predict that as detergent concentration increases‚ the solution will become less clear‚ plus mass increases. The increases in mass will indicate that the water potential of the Beetroot cell is lower than that of the surrounding sucrose solution. The Beetroot discs will become flaccid and decrease in mass if the water potential of the surrounding solution is lower than
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This experiment aims to discover the effect of 6 different treatments on the permeability of the cell membrane. These will be distilled water‚ sucrose‚ sodium hydroxide‚ hydrochloric acid‚ ethanol and boiled water. The treatments include immersion in these solutions‚ and exposure to high temperature. The tissue used is from the taproot of a beetroot‚ and the effect on the membrane’s permeability assessed by the amount of pigment leakage that occurs. Hypothesis ==========
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Chemistry Lab Question Bank (2014-2015) Topic: Introduction 1. What is a standard solution? 2. What is a primary standard solution? Give examples. 3. What is a secondary standard solution? Give examples. 4. What is a link solution? 5. Why is KMnO4 not a primary standard solution? 6. Define equivalent weight? 7. Define end point and equivalence point? 8. Why solutions of HCl and NaOH are not primary standard solutions? 9. How many types of titrations are there? Give examples. 10. Define Molarity
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Investigating the Effect of Temperature on the Permeability of Membranes The permeability of membranes can be altered in several ways. From previous preliminary work I know that reagents‚ for example detergents and alcohol alter the arrangement of the phospholipids in the membrane allowing substances to leak out of the cell. Temperature also affects the membrane. As membranes relay on protein molecules to allow molecules to enter and leave the cell through facilitated diffusion the temperature must
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In this experiment spinach‚ DPIP‚ phosphate solutions were placed under various filters and the percent orange light transmittance through the solution was measured to determine the rate of photosynthesis. This experiment was set up to discover how different wavelengths of light affect the rate of photosynthesis in a spinach‚ DPIP‚ phosphate solution. I proposed that the spinach‚ DPIP‚ phosphate solution under no filter‚ and therefore exposed to all light will have a highest percent orange light
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Determining Red 40 Concentrations Using Absorption with Beer’s Law Introduction I like color and enjoyed learning about wavelengths and the spectrum of light‚ so I considered incorporating something related to that into my Internal Assessment. We also had just used concentrations in our Group 4 Project‚ so when I found an experiment that dealt with both of these I thought it was a great idea. This experiment is not completely original; the basic concept has been used multiple times. It uses Beer’s
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