Imagine That You Are Conducting an Experiment on a Yeast

question 3

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are conducting an experiment on a yeast enzyme known as sucrase. This enzyme is used by yeast cells to break down the disaccharide sucrose into the monosaccharides glucose and fructose. What type of reaction is this?

• A) Metergonic
• B) Endergonic
• C) Exergonic
• D) Spontaneous

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Definitions:

Randomized Block Design

An experimental design in which subjects are first divided into blocks based on a certain characteristic, and then randomly assigned to different treatment groups within each block.

Randomized Block Design

A statistical design for experiments that aims to reduce the effects of confounding variables by organizing subjects into blocks based on these variables before randomly assigning treatments.

ANOVA Models

ANOVA models are statistical models used to analyze the differences among group means in a sample, typically by comparing variance between groups to variance within groups.

Degrees of Freedom

The count of independent variables or measurements that can be allocated to a statistical distribution, subtracting the quantity of estimated parameters.