Student Name: Hadiatoulaye Diallo
Access Code (located on the lid of your lab kit): AC-RQBECTX
Pre-Lab Questions:
”1. How can eating a high-salt diet increase blood pressure?”
Only in some people this may cause increase in blood pressure and its because eating too much
salt, makes the human body hold the water as a way of diluting.
”2. Research the following disorders and write a definition for each: ”
”a. Acidemia: ” a lot of acid in the bloodstream
”b. Alkalemia: ” a condition when hydrogen ion concentration is decreased in the blood
”c. Acidosis: ” Too much acid of the body fluids or tissue
”d. Alkalosis: ” Too much alkalin of the body fluid that may make the body weak.
”3. Name three ways the body regulates the pH of blood. ”
Chemical buffer, respiratory system and urinary system.
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Experiment 1: Breathing and Acid-Base Balance
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Table 1: Color Change of Sodium Bicarbonate Solution With and Without the
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Post-Lab Questions
”1. Was the time required to change the solution different for the two beakers? Why or why
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Yes it was, the first one change in 1min42 secs and the second one in 2min 50 secs
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Experiment 2: Urine pH
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Test Results:
”Leukocytes: ” 5
”Nitrate: ” Yellow
”Urobilinogen: ” 1.5
”Protein: ” None
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