Questions About Coconuts

Is a coconut a fruit, vegetable or a nut? Where do they originate from?

How Does Sugar Affect Yeast Growth?

Plants, Waste Compounds and the Vacuole

How do plants get rid of their waste ?

Respiration in Plants

How and why do plants respire?

Why is a Beetroot Red?

A standard A-level biology practical is to examine the effect of temperature on membrane stability in beetroot, assessed by the degree of pigment leakage. But what is this pigment, and what function does it serve?

About Xerophytes

Can you give me some information on Xerophytes?

Using colorimeters

How does a colorimeter work?

Determining Km and Vmax

How do I use Michaelis-Menten and Lineweaver-Burk plots to determine Km and Vmax?

Catalase in potatoes

What is the optimum temperature for catalase from a potato? What temperature does it become denatured?

Factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis

What factor most affects the rate of photosynthesis?

Some Physical Differences Between Sun and Shade Plants

What is the physical difference between plants that grow in the direct sunlight and those that grow in the shade?

About Totipotency

What is 'Totipotency'? Three different answers from different points of view.