Essential Learnings Science 1.4 Compare and contrast types of reproduction in plants and animals. Science 2.1 Communicate accurately the approach, methods, results, conclusions, and known limitations of the inquiry. 250 ml beaker 2. They are plantlike living things that contain no chlorophyll. They depend upon other things for their food.
Yeast is a one-celled fungi that reproduces or grows in the presence of certain foods.
This growth is called budding. As the yeast grows it gives off a gas, carbon dioxide. The experiment you are about to do demonstrates one food that allows the yeast to grow and create carbon dioxide. Fill the beaker with 200 ml's of warm water. Mix the warm water with yeast and 2 spoons of molasses.