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Energy Plan and Design Lab

The document describes a planned experiment to determine which snack, nuts and seeds or rice krispies, provides more energy. The experiment will measure the temperature change of water in test tubes when the different food samples are burned above it, mimicking cellular respiration. It is hypothesized that nuts and seeds will cause a larger temperature change due to higher carbohydrate content. The experiment details the procedure, expected results in a table, and discusses how the temperature changes can determine the calories and energy provided by each snack.

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Energy Plan and Design Lab

The document describes a planned experiment to determine which snack, nuts and seeds or rice krispies, provides more energy. The experiment will measure the temperature change of water in test tubes when the different food samples are burned above it, mimicking cellular respiration. It is hypothesized that nuts and seeds will cause a larger temperature change due to higher carbohydrate content. The experiment details the procedure, expected results in a table, and discusses how the temperature changes can determine the calories and energy provided by each snack.

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Lab # 11 – P/D on respiration

Date: July 24, 2019

Problem Statement: Sandy an athlete has always had healthy snacks of nuts and seeds. Her
rival Phillipa, avoids these and prefers “healthier” snacks such as rice krispies. They argue
that their choice of snacks provides each of them with more energy. They both claim that
when they do their races, they get more energy from their choice of snacks. Plan and design
an experiment to determine who is correct. In your design think of how energy
transformations occur and how energy can be determined to be released from each snack.

Hypothesis: Nuts and seeds contain more energy than Rice krispies as they contain larger
quantities of carbohydrate based on higher temperatures produced from burning.

Aim: To determine the amount of energy released from rice krispies and nuts and seeds.

Materials and Apparatus: Test tubes labelled A and B respectively, Clamp stand, boss and
clamp, Bunsen burner, Measuring cylinder, Mounted needle with wooden handle, Tongs or
forceps for food samples that cannot be impaled, Thermometer, water, digital scale

Method:
1. Using the measuring cylinder, measure 20cm3 of water into the test tube labelled A
2. Attach the test tube to the clamp stand
3. Measure and record the initial temperature of the water
4. Measure and record the mass of the rice krispies
5. Impale the sample of rice krispies on the mounted needle
6. Light the Bunsen burner and use it to light the food sample ablaze
7. Hold the burning food sample directly under the test tube until it can no longer burn
8. Measure and record the temperature of the water in the test tube.
9. Perform steps 1-7 for the sample of nuts and seeds and test tube labelled B. Ensure
that both food samples are of equal mass.
10. Record all data in a table and compare.
Expected Results

Test tube Initial Temperature Final Temperature Difference


between
temperatures
A
B

Cellular respiration is the process by which energy is released from food in the form of ATP.
In this experiment, the process of respiration was mimicked by burning the food samples. The
energy stored in the chemical bonds of the food was released by the breaking of the bonds
using the fire. The stored chemical energy was then transferred to the test tube as thermal
(heat) energy.

When food is consumed, body cells perform respiration in order to convert stored energy,
also known as calories, to chemical energy, thereby allowing the body to do work. A calorie
is the amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree
Celsius.

Reminder 1g of water is equal to 1cm3. Therefore, in this experiment, it will be discovered


that the amount of energy in the nuts and seeds is greater that that in the sample of rice
krispies by working out the number of calories in each food sample using the initial and final
temperatures of the water and determining which had the larger recorded change in
temperature.

Variables

 Manipulated – Food samples (nuts and seeds and rice krispies)


 Controlled- Volume of water in each test tube
 Responding- The temperature of the water in each test tube

Precautions
Use protective gear such as gloves when dealing with the Bunsen burner or the hot test tube.

Limitations

The temperatures of the test tubes may be altered by outside temperatures relating to weather
resulting in inaccurate findings

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