Factors affecting respiration

Practical Activities

• Respirometer
  • Protocol
  • Respiration (PowerPoint file)
• Carbon dioxide measurements
  • Cell respiration
  • Yeast respiration
  • Effect of temperature on respiration rates
  • Photosynthesis and respiration
  • Measuring carbon dioxide directly (PowerPoint presentation
• Using immobilised algae to measure respiration rates
  • Practical protocol
  • Bulletin article – using algal tubes to demonstrate respiration
  • Bulletin article – immobilisation and respiration

 Articles

• Measuring gaseous CO₂
• Making the invisible visible – (School Science Review article by Roger Delpech)

Practical Biology protocol – measuring the rate of metabolism.

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