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Aim: To measure the amount of oxygen produced by the reaction of hydrogen peroxide at different tempratures.
Hypothesis: The oxygen production will occur the most in warm temperatures.
Discussion:
The experimet was conducted by recieving enzyme solutions, hydrogen peroxide, a water bath and a stopwatch to measure the amount of oxygen produced. With the water temperature as the independent variable which altered the results, the water was respectively set to 0,25,37 or 50 degrees. Each test tube for each temperature was mixed with hydrogen peroxide and then subsequently mixed with catalase solution, then the volume of oxygen produced was measure as the dependent variable. It was hypothesised that oxygen production will occur most in warm temperatures, this theory was proven correct by the table of results. At thirty-seven degrees, a warm temperature had produced 3.1 mL after ninety seconds, in constrast to zero degrees producing a mere 0.4 mL of oxygen. The results also show that after the mid-range temperature, there is a rapid decline of oxygen production, with only 1mL produced at 50 degrees. The table of results appear accurate, as they appear accurate with was is scientifically known about the effects of temperature on enzyme activity. Enzyme production is most in a optimal mid-range temperature. Too high cause denaturation of the enzymes, causing them to not work more efficiently. An error of this experiment is that the method is written in present test not past tense, which is an error in the scientific method. In addition, this experiment could also account for some human errors.
A human error could be that each test tube might not have stayed the same temperature for the whole experiment. For instance, the span of the experiment was five minutes, this could have cause the temperature to have become less, resulting in inaccurate temperatures throughout the experiment. To account for these anomalies, multiple tests should be conducted.
Conclusion: In summary, this experiment soundly encapsulates how enzyme activity varies depending on temperature and sheds some insight in numerous biochemical reactions in the field of biochemistry and biology.
