In an experiment reported in the scientific literature, malecockroaches were made to run at different speeds on a miniaturetreadmill while their oxygen consumption was measured.In 1 hr the average cockroach running at 0.08 km/hr consumed0.8 mL of O2 at 1 atm pressure and 24 °C per gram ofinsect mass. (a) How many moles of O2 would be consumed in1 hr by a 5.2-g cockroach moving at this speed? (b) This samecockroach is caught by a child and placed in a 1-qt fruit jarwith a tight lid. Assuming the same level of continuous activityas in the research, will the cockroach consume more than20% of the available O2 in a 48-hr period? (Air is 21 mol % O2.)
In an experiment reported in the scientific literature, malecockroaches were made to run at different speeds on a miniaturetreadmill while their oxygen consumption was measured.In 1 hr the average cockroach running at 0.08 km/hr consumed0.8 mL of O2 at 1 atm pressure and 24 °C per gram ofinsect mass. (a) How many moles of O2 would be consumed in1 hr by a 5.2-g cockroach moving at this speed? (b) This samecockroach is caught by a child and placed in a 1-qt fruit jarwith a tight lid. Assuming the same level of continuous activityas in the research, will the cockroach consume more than20% of the available O2 in a 48-hr period? (Air is 21 mol % O2.)
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In an experiment reported in the scientific literature, male
cockroaches were made to run at different speeds on a miniature
treadmill while their oxygen consumption was measured.
In 1 hr the average cockroach running at 0.08 km/hr consumed
0.8 mL of O2 at 1 atm pressure and 24 °C per gram of
insect mass. (a) How many moles of O2 would be consumed in
1 hr by a 5.2-g cockroach moving at this speed? (b) This same
cockroach is caught by a child and placed in a 1-qt fruit jar
with a tight lid. Assuming the same level of continuous activity
as in the research, will the cockroach consume more than
20% of the available O2 in a 48-hr period? (Air is 21 mol % O2.)
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