Question bank IMSO Science 2014

Experiment 1

Measuring the Vitamin C Content in Various Samples

Vitamin C is an essential nutrient for humans and certain animal species. Vitamin C refers to the number of vitamers that contain vitamin C activity in animals, including ascorbic acid and its salts, and some oxidized forms of the molecule like dehydroascorbic acid. Ascorbate and ascorbic acid are both naturally present in the body when either of these is introduced into the cells, since the forms interconvert according to the pH. Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin, and is essential for growth and development. Fruits and vegetables contain vitamin C, and some have more than others. Since iodine reacts quickly with vitamin C, a color change will be seen after the iodine has oxidized the entire vitamin C content. A color change is noted by a final reaction with starch. The number of drops can, then, be calculated into an estimated concentration of the amount of vitamin C.

Objectives

1\. To measure the amount of vitamin C and the pH level in various samples of orange.

2\. To find the correlation between the amount of vitamin C and the pH level.

You will need

1\. Ascorbic acid solution as the basic standard (Plastic test jar A)

2\. Commercial orange juice (Plastic test jar B)

3\. Lemon water (Plastic test jar C)

4\. Half fresh orange inside plastic test jar D,

5\. Starch solution (Plastic test jar E)

6\. Iodine (Plastic test jar F)

7\. Plastic test jar G

8\. 4 glass test tubes, with the following label; A, B, C, D. The test tubes have already

9\. marked for volumes equal to 4 ml.

10\. Pipettes

11\. 4 pH indicator sticks

12\. pH color standard

What to do

1\. Using the pH indicator stick, measure the pH level of samples in plastic test jar A, B, and C, by dipping it into the liquid sample and observing the color that appears. For an indicator, you can only see where its range is based on pH color standard. Write down the results into the table on the answer sheet.

2\. Add to the plastic test jar G, 10 drops of the starch solution from plastic test jar E by pipette. Then, using the other pipette, add iodine drop by drop, and shake gently until the color changes to the shade of blue-black. Set this plastic jar aside as a positive control for later comparison.

3\. Pour the Ascorbic acid solution (in plastic test jar A) to the mark indicated in Test Tube A. Add 20 drops of the starch solution. Using the other pipette, then, add iodine drop by drop and shake gently until the color changes to the shade of blue-black. Note the number of drops when the color changes (You will use the data as the standard)

4\. Pour the commercial orange juice to the mark indicated in Test Tube B. Add 20 drops of the starch solution. Then, using the other pipette, add the iodine drop by drop, and shake gently until the color changes to blue-black. Note the number of drops when the color changes.

5\. Repeat of step 4 for Test Tube C (lemon water).

6\. To get the orange juice from the fresh oranges, squeeze the fruit and the juice out of the oranges into the plastic test jar D.

7\. Using the pH indicator stick, measure the pH level of samples in plastic test jar D with the same procedure as step 1.

8\. Pick out the seeds, before pour into the Test Tube D. Repeat of step 4 for Test Tube D (fresh orange juice).

9\. Calculate the vitamin C concentrations in all of the solutions using the following formula:

$$\frac{\substack{\text{Number of iodine drops}\\\text{in the sample solutions}}}{\substack{\text{Number of iodine drops}\\\text{in ascorbic acid solution}}}=\substack{\text{The concentration in}\\\text{milligram per milliliter (mg/ml)}}$$

Use this as an example: It took 44 drops of iodine solution to change the color of vitamin C solution. It took 12 rops of iodine solution to change the color of the juice. Vitamin C in the juice = 12/44, Vitamin C in the juice = 0,272 mg/ml

10\. Write down the vitamin C concentration into the table on the answer sheet (8 points)

Questions:

1\. Which sample has the highest pH level? Explain your answer! (1.5 points)

2\. Which sample contains the lowest concentration of vitamin C? Explain your answer! (1.5 points)

3\. Based on your experiment results, explain the correlation between vitamin C and pH level of your sample solutions! (2 points)

4\. Vitamin C should be consumed every day. The average dose required for adults is 60-90 mg/day. How many milliliters of commercial orange juice (Test Tube B) must be consumed by adults, according to your data? (3points)

5\. Draw the diagram showing the correlation between the pH level and vitamin C concentration! (4 points)

Answer-sheet table (blank in the supplied key):

| Solutions | pH level | Number of Iodine Drops | Vitamin C Concentrations (mg/ml) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ascorbic acid | | | |
| Commercial orange juice | | | |
| Lemon water | | | |
| Fresh orange juice | | | |

Experiment 2

Play with Springiness Oscillations

Introduction:

There are so many matters that could be able to do oscillatory motion. Oscillation is base of wave motion. Every wave motion must be had oscillatory motion. However, not every oscillatory motion to be a wave motion. A spring able to do oscillatory motion. The motion could be made in either horizontally or vertically motion. In this experiment you are going to observing the vertically oscillatory motion of spring to avoid friction forces from floor. We neglect all air resistance. A ball is connected to a light spring suspended vertically, as shown in Figure 1. When displaced downward from its equilibrium position and released, the ball oscillates up and down. The frequency of oscillation will be affected by mass of ball and how the degree of spring stiffness. Mathematically, it can be formulated as:



$$f=\frac{1}{2\pi}\sqrt{\frac{k}{m}}\quad\text{or}\quad T^2=4\pi^2\frac{m}{k}\qquad(1)$$

where f is the frequency of oscillation, T is the period of oscillation (T= 1/f ), k is the spring constant and m is a mass of load. The value of k is a measure of the stiffness of the spring. Stiff springs have large k values, and soft springs have small k values. The stiffness of the spring is also associated with number of turns. The physics experiment test is divided into two parts. In this experiment, you will use the springs provided to observe the oscillatory motion to measure some oscillation parameters which are to determine the unknown mass of a material and to determine the spring constant, k.

Materials and Provided Apparatus:

1\. Springs (with N = 30, 40, 50, and 80 turns)

2\. Retort Stand and clamp

3\. Stopwatch

4\. A hunger of load

5\. Masses (3 pieces of plastic mass each 2 g)

6\. A 30 cm ruler

Part 1: To determine mass of matter In this part, you use 4 different springs and only mass of hunger, without the other mass of plastics. Period of spring oscillations are varied by using the number of spring coils.

Set-Up:



Procedure:

1\. Suspend a spring vertically on the retort stand and clamp as shown in Figure 2.

2\. Hung an unknown mass of hunger, M, at the end of spring.

3\. Initiate the motion of mass by pulling the hunger from equilibrium and releasing it from rest. Observe oscillatory motion that happened.

4\. Measure the duration for 20 oscillations by using stopwatch. Calculate the period of oscillation.

5\. Repeat the step 1 until step 4 for the other spring.

6\. Plot your 4 data in provided millimeter block paper to make a curve of square period of oscillation, $T^2$, versus number of spring coils, N.

7\. Make a straight line.

Questions:

1\. If we get the value N is equal to 100/k, $N=100/k$, from equation (1) and your curve, calculate the mass of unknown hunger! (6 points)

2\. According to your experiment, what is the correlation between the stiffness springs and the number of coils? (2 points)

3\. In the system of the ball, the spring, and the Earth, what forms of energy are there during the motion? (2 points)

Part 2: To determine the spring constant, k The instrument set up is similar to the Part 1.

Procedure:

1\. In this part, use only spring of N = 80 turns.

2\. Use your result of mass of hunger in Experiment 1 to determine the constant of spring of 80 turns.

3\. Do not use Hoke’s Law to determine the constant of spring!

4\. Suspend a spring of 80 turns vertically on the retort stand and clamp as shown in Figure 2.

8\. Hung the calculated mass of hunger, M, at the end of spring.

9\. Initiate the motion of mass by pulling the hunger from equilibrium condition and releasing it from rest. Observe oscillatory motion that happened.

10\. Measure the duration for 20 oscillations by using stopwatch. Calculate the period of oscillation.

11\. Add the mass of load by putting a piece of plastic of 2 g into the hunger. The mass of load now is m.

12\. Repeat the step 9 until step 11 for the other two remain pieces of plastic.

13\. Plot your data in provided millimeter block paper to make a curve of square period of oscillation, $T^2$, versus mass of load, m.

14\. Make a straight line.

Questions:

4\. According to equation (1) and from your linear curve, calculate the spring constant of 80 coils! (6 points)

5\. In the system of the ball, and the spring, what forms of energy are there during the motion? (2 points)

6\. According to your experiment, what is the correlation between the stiffness springs and the mass of load? (2 points)

The diagram shows a view of a model glider from above.



The aspect ratio of a wing is the length of the wingspan divided by the length of the chord. The higher the aspect ratio, the more effectively a plane will glide.

The following photographs show four birds.
Which bird would be the most effective glider?

Plants produce sugar through the photosynthesis pathway. The products are stored in parts of plants such as a fruit, bulb or tuber. Which tissue is most likely to transport the dissolved sugar to the storage?

Study the diagram below!



Which of the following characteristics does not explain why insects are so successful at dispersing to distant environments and high diversities?

Ebola is one of the most dangerous diseases in the world. The symptoms start two days to three weeks after infection, in the forms of fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. The current outbreak in West Africa (first case was notified in March 2014) is the largest and the most complex Ebola outbreak since the Ebola disease was first discovered in 1976.
Which of the following statements about the Ebola disease is not correct?

Analyze the age structure diagrams of six different representative countries shown in the following figure. The age structure diagrams are typical of many countries in the world. Which diagram shows a rapidly growing country?

Observe the image of the cat below, and choose the INCORRECT statement!

Sharks belong to the class of Chondrichthyes (chondrichthyans), which is different from the Osteichthyes or bony fish as their skeleton is cartilaginous. Sharks do not have any protective organs covering over their gills (called an operculum).
Consequently, to breathe, sharks have to ______

A. constantly move to keep the water flowing

B. breathe oxygen from the air

C. swim below the water surface

D. always open their mouth

The diagram below shows a process of a genetically modified plant



What is the main purpose of the genetically modified organism (GMO) on food crops?

Ahmad and Badru are standing at the top of a cliff of height $H$. Both of them, then, throw a ball with the initial speed of $v_0$. Ahmad throws the ball straight down and Badru straight up. The speed of the balls when they hit the ground is $v_A$ and $v_B$ respectively. Neglecting air resistance, which of the following statements is true?

A force $F$ is acting on a mass of $m_1$ resulting in an acceleration of $a_1$. The same force is acting on a different mass of $m_2$ resulting in an acceleration of $a_2=2a_1$.



If $m_1$ and $m_2$ are glued together and the same force $F$ acts on this combination, what is the resulting acceleration?

Two identical light bulbs are arranged in a circuit with a battery and a switch S, as shown in the figure with the opened switch.



If the switch S is closed, which is the correct statement?

The following are the structures of the Earth. Which one is the thinnest layer?

The range of sound that can be heard by human is the sound which has ________

In an area of a volcano, we can find hot water at the temperature of 300 °C at the depth of 3000 m in fluid phase. The main aspect that causes the water in fluid phase is _______________

A. High Temperature

B. High Pressure

C. High Humidity

D. High Volume of water

The graph below shows the position versus the time of the motion of a particle. It can be concluded that ____________________

(3 points) Look at the pictures below!



Mr Umar, a cattle rancher from Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia, is trying to hybridize some cows to improve his cattle quality. In order to know which cow will produce high quality of calves, he has already done a DNA test to the parents and their offspring. The DNA test result can be seen in the pictures above. Match the parents of cows with the right calf!

_________________________________________ and ___________________________________________

(2 points) In the diagram below, give the label [X] to show the part that contains the female reproductive cells!

(2 points) The following table shows the densities (g/ml) of some common metals.

| Substance | Density (g/ml) |
| --- | --- |
| Aluminum | 2.70 |
| Copper | 8.93 |
| Pure Gold | 19.32 |
| Cast Iron | 7.03 |
| Lead | 11.34 |
| Silver | 10.50 |
| Zinc | 7.14 |

Andri has a sample of silver with a mass of 1000 g. What would be its approximate volume? ____________________________________