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MaxTorres Period4 10/22/11 Research

MacromoleculesResearch

I.Objective:Determinewhetherspecificmacromoleculesarepresentinsolutions.
Performcertaintestsonthesecalledindicators.

II.Background:Beforewedidtheexperiment,ourbackgroundincludedpreparation
andawareness.Wewouldtelleachotherwhattodo,andwheretodoso.Thelabincluded chemicals,soweneededtowearourgoggles.Mixingandheatingwouldalsobeinvolved, sothatiswhywewereawareandpreparedatthesametimeforthecertainexperiment.

III.Hypothesis:Therewillbenohypothesisforthisexperiment. IV.ExperimentalDesign:
Materials:
TestTubes Tongs Scrubs Racks Water Heaters Chemicals Goggles

Procedure:
1.ReadDirections,paycloseattention. 2.Wearanyneededsafety,[ex.goggles.] 3.Prepareeachteammateforacertainheldtest. 4.Starttestbyreadingthetestinstructions,and followdirectionscarefully. 4.Grabchemicals,mix,heat,test. 5.Writedownresults. 6.Cleanupthetesttube,andrestartfrom#4.

Variables:
Theindependantvariableintheinvestigationistheunknownsolutions.

Thedependantvariableintheinvestigationisthereactionsbetweenunknown solutionsandindicators.

Constants:
Partsintheinvestigationskeptconstantwerethetesttubesandunknownsolutions. Thetesttubesbecauseweobviouslyneededtoreuseaftereachindicator.The unknownsolutionsbecauseweconstantlykeptreusingthemfordifferentindicators.

Control:Thecontrolintheinvestigationwasthedistilledwater.

V.Data&ObservationsTable#1:Results:

Solutions A B C D Control

SugarTest + +

StarchTest +

ProteinTest

LipidTest + + +

+ +

VI.Analysis:ExplainWhatHappened?
Thedatashowsthattherehasbeenwaymorenegativesthenthere werepositives.Ithinkthisisbecauseofthedistilledwater.The

distilledwaterprobablycouldnottakethechemicalsthathavebeen usedintheobservations,therefore,theoutcomesofmorethanhalf ofthemarenegative.

VII.Conclusions:(56sentencesper.)
TheDataShowsThat: Inmyobservations,thedataIhadlistedhasshownmanyofthe indicatorslistedasnegative.Therewasmorenegativesthen positives.Intotal,therewere20teststakes.Sevenofthosetests werelistedaspositive,whiletheother13werelistedasnegative. TheResultsCouldHaveBeenAffectedBy: Thedatahasshownmanynegatives,assaidtwicebefore.There couldhavebeenlotsoffactorsduetothisproblem.Inmydefinite opinion,Iknowthedatawasaffectedbythecontrol.Thecontrolin thiscasewasthedistilledwater.Iamnottosurewhythedistilled waterhasdonethis,whileitwasstillthecontrol.Amazingresultsto me,infact. TheResultsAreUseful: Thefactthatthedatatablehasshownalltheimportantpartsofthe investigation,suchasnegativesandpositives,automaticallymakesit thegrandoneforthewholeexperiment.Theseresultsgiveninout datatableareusefulbecauseittellsuswhichcanbecombined,and whichcantbe.Thatisprettymuchtheexactsamethingaswhich oneswerenegative,(unuseful),andwhichoneswerepositive, (useful). TheInvestigationCouldHaveBeenImprovedBy: Theanswertothisquestionisdefinitelysimpletome.Isaidthatit wasaffectedbythecontrol,whichwasthedistilledwater.Ifwehad

usedsomethingdifferentthanthedistilledwater,suchasnormal waterorevenvinegar,outresultscouldhavebeenmoreprecise. Thewaythattheresultscouldhavebeenmorepreciseisbecauseit willshowthatwewillautomaticallyhavewaymorepositivesinstead ofseven,whichinthiscase,sevenwasournumberofpositivesout ofthebig20. QuestionsForFurtherResearchInclude: Whatwouldhappenedifweuseregulartapwaterinsteadofdistilled water? Wasthewholeproblemtothisinvestigationreallycausedbythe control? Whatwouldhappenifweusedvinegarinsteadofanykindofwater forthecontrol? Whydidwehavemorenegativesthanwedidpositives? Whatwerethefourunknownsolutions? Whatwouldhappenedifthefourunknownsolutionshaveeachbeen changedtoanewdifferentsolution? Canyoudescribehowandwhatthefourunknownsolutionswere? Howwouldyoudescribethedistilledwaterandallthechemicals usedinthisexperiment? Canyouselectthebestunknownsolutionusedintheexperiment?

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