Yeast Balls

This week we basically just focused on the yeast ball lab and how quickly the yeast was catalyzed. So here’s what happened: Catalase which is found in both plant and animal cells has a very important function in which it prevents the accumulation of toxic levels of H2O2 (a by-product of metabolic processes). An example of…

Enzymes!

This week was all about da enzymes. So what are they? Here’s the Bozeman video talking about all the details: http://www.bozemanscience.com/048-enyzmes/ But here are some of the basics: They are chemicals that aren’t consumed in a reaction but speed up the reaction For example, catalase is an enzyme that breaks down hydrogen peroxide into hydrogen and water…

Organic Molecules + Some Basic Review

Reflecting back on the week, I discovered something: I am still really confused on macromolecules. So, I decided to really focus in on identifying the four different macromolecules, and here are summaries of each. DNA is found in the nucleus There are 4 different types of macromolecules: Nucleic Acids Essentially DNA and RNA Nucleotides are…