Testing heat in respiration

• What is the method for testing heat in respiration?

  1. Get a bunch of germinated beans
  2. Boil a similar sized bunch of different beans
  3. Add each set of beans to a vacuum flask (making sure that there is still some air in the flask so that beans can respire aerobically)
  4. Place a thermometer inside each flask and seal the top with cotton wool
  5. Record the temperature of each flask daily for a week
  6. Repeated tests should be carried out using the same mass of beans each time
  7. Germinated flask will increase temperature higher than boiled flask