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As bananas ripen, they turn from green to yellow, the peel softens, and the fruit becomes sweeter. The soft peel is prone to bruising. When exposed to oxygen, the bruised peeled will turn brown. The apple, lime, and orange give off ethylene gas which causes the …
Updated on October 11, 2019. The purpose of this experiment is to measure fruit ripening caused by the plant hormone ethylene, by using an iodine indicator to detect the conversion of plant starch to sugar. A Hypothesis: The ripening of …
You can do an experiment using a very ripe banana to see how ethylene can speed the ripening of other types of green, unripe fruit (Science Buddies, One Bad Apple Spoils the Whole Bunch: …
www.education.com/science-fair/ripening fruit. www.ifst.org. Place 6 different bananas under 6 different conditions. Watch each banana for 7 days, record results after each day. Conditions include: -72 degrees F. -38 degrees F. -No …
In this food science fair project, you will use a refractometer to measure how the sugar content changes in bananas as they ripen. Bananas are a good choice because ripening is accompanied by a clear change in color. This will allow …