1. How did the results for three different bottles differ?

a. (Bottle 1) Very slowly produced some CO2 as seen in the slight ballon growth
b. (Bottle 2) There was little to no reaction between the sugar and the water. The CO2 emissions
slightly increased and stayed consistent for the rest of the lab.
c. (Bottle 3) The yeast in the bottle foamed up and exploded
2. What caused this difference? Explain.
The difference was caused by cellular respiration, for bottle one there was yeast and it was able to perform some
cellular respiration with the small amount of glucose it could have been exposed to. Another bottle only had
sugar and water in it, so there was no yeast that could have caused a reaction or for the contents to bubble up
and rise. Lastly, the other bottle had sugar and yeast in it, so a large reaction was able to occur and a lot of CO2
was released.
3. Design an experiment and write a procedure you could do if you wanted to find the optimal
temperature to speed the process of fermentation and get the bread to rise faster.
Bottle 3 performed the most efficiently and had the greatest change.
Before you start designing your experiment, think about and answer the following questions.
a. What problem are you trying to solve?
This allows us to have an idea of what conditions and temperature allow the most CO2 to be released.
b. What is your prediction?
I predict that the bottle in the warmest temperature water will have the largest reaction and will release the most
CO2.
c. What are your independent and dependent variables?
Independent Variable - Temperature
Dependent Variable - Yeast CR rate
d. What variables should you control?
Temp, time, and ingredients in beakers
e. How many trials should you run?
4 trials.
f. How many different versions of the independent variable should you explore?
4, 1 with room temp water, 1 with 110 degree f water because it's the recommended temp, 32 degrees f, and 212
degree f. This way we can find how the yeast reacts in extreme hot and cold, room temp, and the recommended
temp.
g. How will you measure your dependent variable?
We will put balloons on the top of the bottles, and so every five minutes, we will measure the circumference of
the balloons. The larger the circumference of the balloon, the more CO2 has been released, so the more Cellular
respiration has occurred.