1. Set Up Your Lab Report
Name: _________ Title: Lab 7 – The Effects of Environmental Conditions on Enzyme Activity Introduction Purpose: To observe the effects of different environmental conditions (variation in temperature and pH levels) on the activity of the enzyme catalase in potatoes.

2. Set Up Your Lab Report
Background & Theory: Use the information you found out for homework to write this paragraph. Include the following info:
What are enzymes? What do they do?
What is catalase?
How does catalase function in the human body?
How does catalase function in potato plants?
What effect does catalase have on hydrogen peroxide?

3. Set Up Lab Report
Hypothesis: If potato catalase is exposed to ________________ then its reaction rate will ________________. OR The potato enzyme catalase will have the ___________ (highest/lowest?) rate of action at ____________ temperature(s) and _____________ pH level(s).