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Cellular Respiration in Germinating Peas Lab Report 2/26/202
Introduction In this experiment, approximetly 50 pea seeds were allowed to soak overnight. The following day, the seeds were placed on a papertowel soaked with non-chlorinated water and placed in a sealable bag. On day three, three resperators where constructed in order to observe, measure and compare the rate of cellular respiration in both germinating and dormant pea seeds(pg 2). After collecting volume data from the respirators, the volumes of the three respirators were compared. This experiment was carried out following the step by step guidelines in Cellular Repsiration in Germinating Peas, a packet provided by Carolina Distance learning. Methods The method used to gather data on the rate of cellular respiration in both germinating and dormant pea seeds was a respirator. Three seperate respirators were constructed. The respirators consisted of a nickel at the bottom of a glass vial, then an absorbant cotton ball soaked with 2.0mL of Potassium hydroxide (KOH). On top of the cotton ball, a small piece of non-absorbent cotton was placed to act as a barrier for the pea seeds so they were not affected by the KOH. Finally, a glass pipet was wrapped with parafilm and inserted into a rubber stopper to create an air tight seal. In glass vial 1, 25 germinated seeds were added, in glass vial 2 25 dry pea seeds where added with beads to equal the volume of the 25 germinated seeds. Finally, in the last vial beads equaling the volume of the other two were added. The volume across the three glass vials where the same. The glass vials were placed into a water bath, and a timer at 0 (after equiliberium was reached) 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes and 20 minutes was set.
The volume (measured by food coloring placed at the tip of the pipet) was recorded at each timer interval in a table labeled Data table 2 below. All volumes are recorded in the table labeled Data Table 1 below. At each timer interval, the temperature of the water was also recorded. Results Cellular respiration rates were successfully demonstrated and recorded. In the first respirator with the germinating pea seeds, we saw a steady decrease in volume from an initial reading of .37mL at time 0 to a reading of .24 mL at the 20 minute mark. We saw minimal celluar respiration rates in the respirator containing the dry pea seeds and beads. The initial reading at time 0 was .42 mL and at time 20 the volume was .40 mL. Directions were given to calculate a corrected change in volume. The volume in the pipet could be affected by air pressure in the room, so the third respirator’s change in volume could be used to account for any change in air pressure (page 12). Over the course of 20 minutes, no change in volume in the pipet of respirator three was observed, so no calculations were needed to correct the volume change observed in respirator 1 and 2. Activity 1 Data Table 1 Sample Initial volume (V i ) (mL) Final volume (VF) (mL) Total volume (V F –V i ) (mL) Germinating peas
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