Equal amounts of crushed Irish potato were placed in equal volumes of hydrogen peroxide solution at indicated pH. The volume of the gas produced was measured...

      

Equal amounts of crushed Irish potato were placed in equal volumes of hydrogen peroxide solution
at indicated pH. The volume of the gas produced was measured and recorded as shown in the table
below.
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(a) Name the gas that was produced.
(b)Account for the difference in the volume of the gas produced in pH 4.0 and pH 9.0

  

Answers


sharon
(a) Oxygen;
(b) More gas / oxygen produced at PH 9.0 than PH 9.0 4.0; PH 9.0 is optimum / suitable for
the activity of enzyme catalase;
sharon kalunda answered the question on May 22, 2019 at 09:07


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