Cellular Respiration Lab Report

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It was hypothesized that as temperature increases, the rate of respiration will increase as well. Data in this experiment does not support it fully. As the temperature increased from 0°Celsius to 20°Celsius to 43°Celsius, the rate of respiration increased as well (Figure 4). However, at 74°Celsius, the rate of respiration was at the lowest (Figure 4). Cellular respiration may increase as temperatures increases up to a limit. At 74°Celsius, the temperature may have been too high for the enzymes involved in the reaction, which will cause denaturing. Denaturing is when the conditions are outside the enzyme’s range and causes the enzyme to unfold, which means there is no activation site, and the substrate cannot bind to the enzyme, so the reaction is slowed down or stopped completely. If the temperatures were increased beyond the highest temperature tested, 74°Celsius, there respiration rate would stop completely. Additionally, at 0°Celsius, there is no cellular respiration occurring because the temperature is too cold for the cells (Figure 4). …show more content…
The dye moved toward the respiration chamber because the respiration rate has decreased. The dye would have moved away from the respiration chamber if the respiration rate has increased. The compensation chamber served at the control for the experiment because there were plastic beads inside, and plastic does not undergo respiration. Oxygen is vital in the cellular respiration process because it is an aerobic respiration process. Besides glycolysis, all the steps in cellular respiration need oxygen to proceed (OpenStax 2012). In the last stage of cellular respiration, the electron transport chain, oxygen served as the last acceptor of electrons and forms water (OpenStax 2012). To convert the respiration rate to a volume of oxygen consumed, the change in mm must be