Lab 1: Heart Rate Lab (Revised Fall 2010) Lab 1. Heart Rate‚ Physical Fitness‚ and the Scientific Method Prelab Assignment Before coming to lab read carefully the following pages on the scientific method and then answer the prelab questions at the end of this lab handout. Be prepared to discuss and/or hand in your responses to the prelab questions at the start of lab. Introduction Biology is a dynamic field of study whose aim is to unravel the mysteries of life itself. Throughout history‚ humans
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In the Law and Order episode‚ “The Harvest” the decision that is made in court‚ is my decision as well. Both Dr. Cosgrove and Elias are completely guilty. In the beginning‚ Nancy O’Neal is riding home with her husband‚ Marty‚ in the car on the passenger’s side. Not intended as the target‚ Nancy is shot by an unknown shooter. This wound ultimately puts her in the hospital unresponsive. Detectives Briscoe and Curtis easily track down the shooter known as Elias Camacho. Elias stated that he just intended
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Abraham Lincoln High School Period 5 1/12/15 1/20/15 Partners: Nasya Aguilar LAB 1: Kinematic Equations and Reaction Time PURPOSE/QUESTION Apply kinematics equations for constant acceleration to find your reaction time. How much is it? How does reaction time change with practice? THEORETICAL The reaction time is the amount of time required to sense astimulus‚ analyze its meaning‚ and respond. Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. Velocity is speed with direction. Displacement is
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Hess ’s law is a terminology in chemistry named after Germain Hess‚ a Swiss-born Russian chemist and physician who published it in 1840. The law states that the total enthalpy change during the complete course of a reaction is the same whether the reaction is made in one step or in several steps. Enthalpy cannot be directly measured‚ but rather the change in enthalpy. Enthalpy is described as the change in kinetic and thermal energy. Hess’s law states that the enthalpy change of a reaction will result
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The purpose of this lab was to investigate whether veins affect photosynthesis rate. It was predicted that having veins would decrease the rate because chloroplast might be less frequent due to the vascular tissue. For this experiment‚ 4 groups were set up: veins and no veins in CO2 solution‚ and veins and no veins in distilled water‚ the distilled water groups served as controls. These 4 groups were placed under a light bulb in order for photosynthesis to occur. No disks experience movement in the
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Introduction – Lab Report What is a Chemical Reaction? A chemical reaction is a change in matter that produces one or more new substances. A chemical change or reaction occurs when bonds are broken and new ones are formed. The formation and dissolution of these bonds are dependent upon environment changes. Even without the usage of microscopes‚ chemical reactions are usually apparent to the naked eye. The two main kinds of changes that one can observe are the formation of new substances and changes
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factors that can influence the rate of diffusion through a membrane. Chemical kinetics plays a large part in diffusion. In order for a solute to passively diffuse through a membrane‚ it must line up with a pore in the membrane and pass through it (textbook 101). The concentration gradient is also important for diffusion because solutes diffuse from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration (textbook page 101). There are different factors that can affect the rate of this diffusion. Our intent
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concentration on the reaction between Catalase and hydrogen peroxide. Introduction Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts (a substance that increases or decreases the rate of a reaction) 2. Enzymes bind to a molecule called a substrate‚ converting it into a product. Nearly all of the chemical reactions that occur in a biological cell need enzymes to make them occur. Enzymes like all catalysts lower the activation energy needed for a reaction to take place3. They dramatically speed up the rate at which
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on the rate of reaction. By using self investigative and experimental skills‚ the experiment was done in order to determine how the rate of reaction will be altered‚ whether it will increase‚ decrease or remain constant when the different concentration of enzymes added. INTRODUCTION: Enzymes are produced naturally in plant‚ animal‚ and microbial cell. There are thousands of different enzyme can be found in any cell. Enzymes can be describe as molecules that are greatly increase the rate of chemical
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Investigate the effect of concentration on the rate of a reaction Research question: To what extent does the concentration of hydrochloric acid affect the rate of the following reaction: 2 HCl(aq) + CaCO3(s) → CaCl2(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g) Data Collection and Processing: Table1: Different volumes of Co2 gas produced by Different concentrations of HCL acid. Volume of CO2gas formed from 5 different concentrations of HCL acid ±0.5ml 5 different concentrations of HCL acid (Mol) ±0.5ml Time (sec) ±0
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