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Lab 2 - Fermentation

The student conducted an experiment to test the effect of different sugar amounts on yeast fermentation. They found that: 1) The balloon inflated more with more sugar, supporting their hypothesis. The balloon with 2 tbsp sugar inflated the most. 2) Fermentation is important in brewing beer, mezcal, tequila, cider, vinegar and kombucha. 3) The key differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration are: aerobic requires oxygen and produces more ATP, while anaerobic does not require oxygen and produces less ATP. Both go through glycolysis and the Krebs cycle but aerobic also uses the electron transport chain.

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Lab 2 - Fermentation

The student conducted an experiment to test the effect of different sugar amounts on yeast fermentation. They found that: 1) The balloon inflated more with more sugar, supporting their hypothesis. The balloon with 2 tbsp sugar inflated the most. 2) Fermentation is important in brewing beer, mezcal, tequila, cider, vinegar and kombucha. 3) The key differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration are: aerobic requires oxygen and produces more ATP, while anaerobic does not require oxygen and produces less ATP. Both go through glycolysis and the Krebs cycle but aerobic also uses the electron transport chain.

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Juan Luis Nevarez

Mrs. Catherine/BIOL 1408

June 18, 2020

Fermentation

First impressions and hypothesis:

No sugar - If yeast is not fed any sugar, then the bottle’s balloon (diameter) will:

For fermentation to occur, the yeast must process cells of glucose, and because there’s no glucose in
tap water, there won’t be any reaction at all.

1 tbsp Sugar:

The yeast now has some sugar to process and thus, is processed by the yeast, which will absorb the
glucose molecules in the sugar and then I think Co2 will be released and it will make the balloon to
inflate.

2 tbsp Sugar:

The yeast has more than enough sugar to consume, and thus, the reaction will be even more
noticeable than with just one tbsp of sugar, the responses will be faster, and the balloon will inflate
more rapidly.
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Mixture Observation of Yeast Cultures The diameter of


the balloon (after
inflation ends)
No sugar The yeast has made no apparent reaction .3 cm
1 tbsp sugar A Reaction is not apparent at first, but eventually, the ~10 cm
balloon starts inflating and gets bigger and bigger
2 tbsp sugar A reaction is not apparent at first; however, the ~13 Cm
balloon starts inflating, and eventually, it gets even
bigger than the previous.
4 tbsp sugar The balloon started to inflate immediately and took 16 Cm
less time to get really inflated.

CONCLUSIONS

1. Summarize your results by comparing the three treatments of sugar amounts to the production of
gas (evident by the size of the balloon). Were your hypotheses supported by these results (did your
results match your prediction)?

The experiment went as expected, I thought that the balloons would inflate faster, but
having in account the fact that fermentation is an anaerobic process means that the energy released is
way lower than the aerobic process. Also, the bottle without sugar didn’t inflate at all, which proves that
yeast needs fuel, in this case, glucose from sugar to be possible.

2. Give three to four examples of where fermentation occurs that is beneficial or useful in everyday life
(e.g. where else is sugar important to yeast growth?)

The fermentation is essential for brewing, which is fantastic; there is an enormous


variety of drinks and food that require fermentation. For example, in the process of making mezcal,
tequila, beer, although those processes use fructose instead of glucose to complete. A process that uses
glucose is apple cider, vinegar, and kombucha.
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3. Compare and contrast (similarities and differences) between aerobic respiration and anaerobic
respiration. Use the online textbook and/or search the internet for clarity. Include energy outcomes and
substances produced for both to complete the response.

The key difference between anaerobic and aerobic respiration is that aerobic needs
oxygen, and anaerobic doesn’t. Another difference is that anaerobic respiration produces lactic acid (in
the case of animals) and releases a rather small amount of energy(2-36 ATP). On the other hand, aerobic
respiration releases CO2 and water and also releases much more energy (36 - 38 ATP). Since the
energy spent in anaerobic respiration is minimal, the velocity of the reaction is slow compared to the
aerobic respiration, which is way faster.

Both processes pass through the same stages to complete—glycolysis, Krebs cycle and the
electron transport chain.

It is interesting to see how aerobic and anaerobic respiration is used in our favor. In aerobic routines,
high energy demanding exercises such as running, cycling, boxing, and wrestling are effective in burning
the fat in the body. Anaerobic exercises such as resistance running and weightlifting are adequate to
build muscle mass.

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