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Flow Diagram:
Label 4 different test tubes with distilled water with the 4 temperatures
Get another 4 test tubes with the same amount of distilled water and label them with the 4 temperatures.
Alicia Snchez
Graph:
Conclusions: The graph shows that before 40c, the proteins in the membrane of the beetroot are doing their job at controlling the diffusion of the pigments. However, at 75c, the distilled water no longer stays clear and instead, it turns pink. This shows that at some point between 40 and 75c the proteins in the cell membrane denatured and allowed the diffusion of the pigments, I think this happened just about after 47c. This isnt exactly what we suspected in our hypothesis because
Alicia Snchez the proteins remained completely undamaged until after the 40c. Also, when it reached 75c, it didnt turn completely purple, it was only pink; this could be because the temperature needed to be higher in order for the membrane to let the pigments diffuse completely.