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Biology
PRACTICAL: Demonstrating the production of CO2 in respiration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What colour does hydrogen-carbonate indicator turn in the presence of carbon dioxide? | Yellow |
| What colour is hydrogen-carbonate indicator normally? | Orange |
| What should we do before the experiment to make the seeds start germinating? | Soak them in water for a day or two |
| When investigating respiration, what do we do to the control beans before the experiment? | Boil them to kill them, so they cannot respire |
| What 6 pieces of apparatus are needed for this experiment? | 1. Boiling tubes 2. Rubber bungs 3. Hydrogen carbonate indicator solution 4. Gauze platform 5. Germinating seeds 6. Boiled/dead seeds |
| What colour change will occur in the tube containing germinating seeds? | Orange ---> Yellow |
| What colour change will occur in the tube containing dead seeds? | Orange ----> Orange |
| What 3 factors must be kept the same in this experiment? | 1. Volume of hydrogen carbonate indicator 2. Number of seeds 3. Temperature of the environment |
| What are we changing in this experiment? | The content of the boiling tube (germinating/dead seeds) |
| What 3 things about the beans must be kept the same? | 1. Age 2. Size 3. Species |
| How long should we leave the experiment before checking the results? | A few hours |