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My Alm
1o lnvesLlgaLe Lhe affecL of warm waLer on
carbon dloxlde (CC2) producLlon ln bread yeasL
l read LhaL warmlng bread yeasL would lncrease
CC2 producLlon
ypoLhesls
l hypoLheslzed LhaL a warm yeasL mlx would
lnflaLe a balloon fasLer Lhan a room LemperaLure
mlx
1he LxperlmenL
1o LesL Lhe hypoLhesls l placed equal amounLs of
bread yeasL mlxLure ln Lwo boLLles and capped each
wlLh a balloon
l placed one boLLle ln warm waLer and lefL Lhe oLher
boLLle an room LemperaLure
AfLer 30 mlnuLes l observed Lhe slze of each
balloon
1he LxperlmenL
1he LxperlmenL
lsL of LqulpmenL/8esources
1 2 600m boLLles
2 2 balloons
3 4 Leaspoons of L8lLC1 brand bread yeasL
4 2 Leaspoons of sugar
3 130m warm waLer for each boLLle
6 300m hoL waLer ln conLalner
8ecord of 8esulLs
AfLer half an hour boLh balloons were abouL Lhe
same slze
Analysls of uaLa
ln Lhe experlmenL l observed boLh balloons
lnflaLlng aL abouL Lhe same raLe
AfLer 30 mlnuLes Lhere dldn'L appear Lo be any
slze dlfference beLween Lhe balloons
Concluslon
My experlmenL dlsproved my hypoLhesls because
afLer 30 mlnuLes boLh balloons were Lhe same slze
l had hypoLheslzed LhaL Lhe boLLle ln warm waLer
would generaLe CC2 fasLer and lL's balloon would
be larger
luLure plans
l would lmprove Lhe experlmenL by uslng hoLLer
waLer ln Lhe conLalner or uslng cold waLer
l don'L Lhlnk Lhe warm waLer was dlfferenL
enough from room LemperaLure Lo lncrease Lhe
CC2 produced by Lhe bread yeasL