My Second Experiment

CO2 Experiment
Introduction: The purpose of this experiment was to determine how many drops of NAOH it
takes to turn the water back to its original color. After completing the required exercise, we blew
into the NAOH mixture to determine how much carbon dioxide we produced after the exercise.
The purpose was to test the effect of exercise on cellular respiration. Our hypothesis states that
as cardio increases so does cellular respiration. If we do a specific exercise, then the more
carbon dioxide will be produced due to increasing cellular respiration. We came to this
hypothesis because we already know that the more CO2 you produce the quicker cell
respiration becomes. We already have knowledge that when we exercise, our bodies will
produce more carbon dioxide due to cellular respiration. We already have little knowledge about
cell respiration and CO2, so we have a little background knowledge needed for this experiment.

Methods: What we did was run laps around the pod and after an increasing number of laps, we
breathed into the beaker with a straw, but before we ran any laps, we recorded how many drops
of NAOH it would take to turn the water blue again without any exercise. Then we ran 1 lap and
recorded how many drops of NAOH it would take, then 2 laps, then 3, and then 4 recording after
each increasing lap. The materials we used were a beaker, a straw, some NAOH, some blue
coloring, a person, and the pod. The independent variable is the number of laps that we ran and
the dependent variable is the amount of CO2 it took to turn the water green. The constant is the
person running because no matter what else changes, the person will be running for the whole
lab. Our control is how much CO2 you produce at rest because that is what the entire
experiment revolves around. We took quantitative data with the units being drops and laps.
Results:
# of Laps

Number of NOAH Drops

Conclusion: During rest, cellular respiration was high due to the amount of NOAH drops it took
(4) to turn the liquid blue for at least 3 seconds. After running one lap, cellular respiration was
low because less CO2 was produced. Running more laps caused cellular respiration to increase
and less NOAH drops to turn the liquid back to blue. The data we have received supports our
hypothesis and we accept our hypothesis because it is supported by facts and proof. During this
experiment, there were a few faults that occurred. One fault was that we forgot to test resting
first and did it at the end instead. Also, our runner walked during part of the exercise and ran
part of the exercise, which didn't keep the exercise constant. Further testing could include more
trials and how more exercise effects cellular resperation.