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The Effect Of Temperature On The Rate Of Carbon Dioxide Production In Yeast

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The purpose of the experiment is to test the effect of five different temperatures on the rate of carbon dioxide production in yeast. So, to test this method five fermentation tubes were filled with glucose and yeast mixture, after that they were placed in water to see which one yielded the most carbon dioxide. The results that were produced concluded that yeast can produce carbon dioxide more efficiently with a temperate of approximately 45 degrees Celsius. The carbon dioxide production was tracked in the fermentation of yeast. Carbon dioxide production was also different in different temperatures.
1. Introduction
Temperature changes have a great and intense effect on living things. It’s indicated through research that yeast makes more carbon dioxide when in higher temperature rather than the lower temperature. Although, it makes more carbon dioxide in high temperature it is possible that the temperature would be so hot that it will end up destroying the yeast cells which will cause it to have less carbon dioxide. The reason for this is because of the rate of chemical reactions increasing along with increasing temperature.
When one refers to the temperature of a system, it is described as the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter. Increases in the temperature of a system results from increases in the kinetic energy of the system. The higher the temperature, the more energy atoms have, causing them to move more rapidly. In the same

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