Jess Mertz
Marilin Ocelotl

Hypothesis:
If overtime more light passes through the unknown test tubes, reproduction is happening which means the unknown is living.

Materials:
1. Unknown substances (a,b &c)
2. 4 test tubes
3. Sterile LB Broth
4. Spectrophotometer with cuvettes
5. 10ml pipette and pump
6. Glass marking pencil
7. Sterile swab
8. Test tube rack
9. marking pencil

Procedure:
1. Label the four test tubes as known, unknown A, unknown B, and unknown C.
2. Add 10 ml of Sterile LB broth to each tube
3. obtain a swab and gently place it on a colony of the unknown substance B in the Petri dish
4. Remove swab from petri dish and place in test tube B and mix

5. obtain a swab and gently place it on a colony of the unknown substance C in the Petri dish
6. Remove swab from petri dish and place in test tube C and mix
7. obtain a swab and gently place it on a colony of the unknown substance D in the Petri dish
8. Remove swab from petri dish and place in test tube D and mix
9. Take initial spectrophotometer readings from Tubes A, B, C and D.
10. Create a table to record spectrophotometer for all tests (you will need to record spectrophotometer readings for four days )
11. Repeat spectrophotometer readings for four days and record in the previous created table.
12. Graph data recorded in table.

Control: In this experiment the control is the known test tube.

Data:
Days
Known
Unknown A
Unknown B
Unknown C
Day 1
99.8
95.6
36.8
99.8
Day 2
121.6
89.4
31.4
105.4
Day 3
101.6
78.6
32.2
43.0
Day 4
30.8
37.6
14.2
24.4
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