Biology Term – 02

Grade – 10
Fermentation of Yeast and Sugar / Lab Instructions

Name: ______________________

Directions: Today, you will be using the Internet to test and improve you understanding of DNA.
Carefully follow the instructions below and pace yourself to make sure you have time to get
everything done by the end of the period. TURN THIS IN FOR 30 POINTS.

Watch the following video on YouTube and perform this experiment, keep a record of your data by
taking pictures or a video of the process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYClCHVT00M

Objectives:

 To investigate the effect of sugar on yeast.

Materials:

4 x 250ml bottles / 1 x teaspoon / 1 x funnel / 1 x measuring cylinder/beaker / 1 x marker

1 x electric kettle / 4 x balloons / 2 ½ tsp yeast / 24g sugar / 1L warm water

Procedure:

1. Heat up a kettle of water

2. Label four bottles from 1 to 4
3. Using a funnel, add 2 ½ teaspoons of yeast to each bottle.
4. Using a funnel, add 1tsp of sugar to bottle 2, add 2 tsp sugar to bottle 3, and add 3 tsp sugar to
bottle 4. (don’t put any sugar in bottle 1)
5. Add 1 cup of warm water to each of the four bottles, put the lids back on quickly.
6. Shake each bottle gently, before replacing the lid with a balloon.
7. Place all bottles in a warm location for 30 mins.
8. Record observations in the results table

Results
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potential and to become life-long learners and future leaders.
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Table 1: Observations of yeast and sugar reaction

Quantity of sugar Description of change Diagram

Bottle 1:

No sugar

Bottle 2:

1 tsp sugar

Bottle 3:

2 tsp sugar

Bottle 4:

3 tsp sugar

Discussion:

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potential and to become life-long learners and future leaders.
.‫ توفير بيئة تعليمية إبداعية مميزة تمكن الطلبة من استغالل طاقاتهم وامتالك مهارات التعلم مدى الحياة وأن يصبحوا قادة المستقبل‬:‫رؤية المدرسة‬
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1. Describe what happened to the balloons in this experiment.

2. Explain why you think this occurred.

3. Can you relate this to any other similar process/reactions you know of?

Our Vision: To create an outstanding and creative educational environment which empowers students to achieve their
potential and to become life-long learners and future leaders.
.‫ توفير بيئة تعليمية إبداعية مميزة تمكن الطلبة من استغالل طاقاتهم وامتالك مهارات التعلم مدى الحياة وأن يصبحوا قادة المستقبل‬:‫رؤية المدرسة‬
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