Enzyme Activity Essay

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Enzyme Activity Lab By: Cheyenne Sherrill Lab partners: Brandon, Sade, and Jason Due date: November 27th 2012 Mr. Clark D1 honors Procedure: All the metabolic activity and processes within the cell require enzymes to occur. This includes synthesis and decomposition reactions. Enzymes are specialized proteins (organic catalyst) that speed up the rates of reactions that would otherwise be to slow or not able to occur at all in the cell. 1) Sand and peroxide- a pinch of sand and 2ml of hydrogen peroxide in a standardized test tube. Measure the height of the reaction with a ruler in millimeters. 2) Liver and peroxide- 2 ml of hydrogen peroxide and a small piece of liver. Record the rate of reaction. 3) Liver and water- 2 cm of water and a small piece of liver. Record the results. 4) Potato and Peroxide- a small piece of potato and 2 ml of hydrogen peroxide. Record the rate of reaction. 5) Manganese dioxide and Peroxide- a pinch (tip of wood splint) of manganese dioxide to hydrogen peroxide. Record rate of reaction. 6) Fresh liver and used peroxide- use two test tubes. One with fresh liver and fresh peroxide. Then react. Use fresh liver and pour the used peroxide in the first test tube. Record results. (Save used liver for next experiment.) 7) Used liver and fresh peroxide- use 2 ml of peroxide and pour into test tube with used liver. Record height of reaction. 8) Boiled liver and peroxide- react a small piece of boiled live with fresh peroxide. Record reaction height. 9) Chilled liver with peroxide- React a piece a piece of chilled liver with fresh peroxide. Record reaction height. 10) Splint flame test- Ignite a wood splint, when you have a glowing splint place it in the test tube to react with bubbles, formed from the previous reaction of fresh peroxide and fresh liver. Results: 1) Sand and peroxide- The test of

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