this experiment, you will vary the
the substrate — pera“ and eee
Sethe cndag, nee meee
‘The catalase inthis
tissue. Instead of
of measuring the
‘you will count th
‘given off from
1
=
experiment comes from the potato
‘sing floating filter paper asa way
‘ale at which oxygen is given off,
1¢ rate at which bubbles of oxygen are
the mixture in the test tube.
Set up the apparatus shown in the diagram.
‘lass tube
ee water
tube2 |
a
Ea
5 Cutten thn (1-2 mm thick) compet
(diss) froma potato cylinder. Place
in tube 1. Replace the bung tightly.
shake the tube to separate the slices,
6 Wai seconds and then count the
bubbles produced in 1 minute.
7 Prepare a results table as shown below,
the st number
Concent
‘nme dnt
: os To [as
Tein aie [tenure
eatin ntbiles [indeount
ermine weet
ein
8 Discard the contents of tube 1, wash
tepeat steps 5 and 6 twice. Record in
numbers of bubbles produced.
9 Repeat the experiment using 1.0, 1.5
20mol/dm’H,0,, Record the
table and calculate means for each c
10 Draw a graph to show the mean na
er es
1Suggest ahypothess that was being tested
invesigvon
2. From you results what were the effect ofthe
conceniration ofthe substrate onthe at of
reaction?
3 How do you erin you rests?
4. Why was tube shaken to separate theses?
5 Why mer the sizes changed after taking ot
«count. istead of taking tre counts with
etch lees?
6 Suggest he main tations ofthe method
‘experiment. and how these may have affected
rely of your rests