... will drop as the plant's enzymes are denatured. Temperature is the only factor that I will change while carrying out this lab with the help of a water bath. Apparatus: Elodea Plant - An Elodea plant is used as it is an aquatic plant. It is a plant that releases oxygen bubbles which are easy to ... the length of the bubbles. Bench Lamp - This is used to maintain constant light intensity. The bench lamp acts as the sunlight. This ensures that light is not a limiting factor. Water Bath - A water bath is used to change temperature of the water. This is a way to indicate different weather temp...

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Enzymes are biological catalysts. A catalyst is a substance that modifies and increases the rate of a reaction of another substance without being consumed in the process. In this case, and enzyme acts as that catalyst on certain other substances. The substance it reacts with is determined by its chemical structure. There are two certain factors that relate to an enzymes chemical structure. ... tube will be placed in different temperature water baths. The first tube will be placed in an ice bath that should maintain a temperature of 30F. Another tube should be kept at a constant 70F water bat...

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Introduction An Enzyme is a protein that acts as a biological catalyst in most living organisms. Enzymes control the speed in which reactions take place and without them, organisms such as humans would cease to exist (Biology 12, pg. ... able to bind to the other enzymes in the chain. Thus stopping the sequence of enzymes from acting as catalysts. Turning the direction towards a specific enzyme named Catalase; it specifically acts as a catalyst with the molecule hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide is formed as a byproduct in a lot of the chemical reactions in the human body. Furthermore high...

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