Lab 6 Flashcards
What does a respirometer calculate
Rate of oxygen consumption or cellular respiration
What type of seed is used
Pea seeds
Seed germination
Whether a seed has broken dormancy
What is reviewed and applied for this lab
Ideal gas law
What are individual cells responsible for
Energy exchanges necessary to sustain ordered structure
How do cells do necessary energy exchanges
Breaking down nutrient molecules to generate ATP
What does cell respiration require
Nutrient molecules and oxygen
What is cell respiration
Breaking down nutrient molecules to generate ATP to fuel cell processes
What are products of cell respiration
Carbon dioxide and water
Equation for cell respiration
C6H12O6 + 6O2 –> 6CO2 + 6H2O
Ways to measure rate of cell respiration
Monitoring changes in temperature
Measure oxygen consumption or carbon dioxide production
Why can temperature be used
Respiration is Exergonic and produces heat
What is a respirometer
Devices that measure gas volume changes
What is needed to use a respirometer
Ideal gas law
Ideal gas law
Describes relationship between temperature, pressure, and volume
PV=nrT
What gases are changing in volume during cell respiration
Oxygen and carbon dioxide
What is happening to oxygen
Consumed by respiring cells
What is happening to carbon dioxide
Diffusing out
How can the respirometer deal with two gases
Potassium hydroxide which absorbs carbon dioxide
KOH formula
CO2 + 2KOH –> K2CO3 + H2O
What is potassium carbonate
A solid precipitate
What happens to carbon dioxide when potassium hydroxide is added
Turns into a solid, so respirometer will only measure consumption of of oxygen
What respirometers will be used and how
2 sets of 3, submerged in water
Each set at a different temperature
One with germinated seeds, one with non-germinating seeds and plastic beads, and one with beads
Also contain cotton saturated with KOH
Why the beads
To ensure each respirometer is uniform in volume