Carrot Osmosis Lab Report
Lab Report
INTRODUCTION: This experiment is being done to find out what happens to a carrot or a potato if you place them in two different solutions. Osmosis has a lot to do with this experiment and is the movement of water molecules from a higher concentration to a lower concentration. Osmosis only deals with water and is a type of diffusion. The difference between all three solutions is that in a hypertonic solution the cells fluid rushes out of the cell and causes it to shrivel. In a hypotonic solution water rushes into the cell and causes the cell to expand and eventually pop. In a isotonic solution water rushes in and out of the cell and causes the cell to stay the same.
HYPOTHESIS: On the carrot lab the carrot that will be placed in the salt water will be hypertonic and will shrink because the cells will shrivel. The carrot that is placed in just water will be hypotonic and will expand or get bigger. …show more content…
Underneath each beaker we had a paper towel that we had to label hypotonic and hypertonic. One member from each group had to bring either a potato or a carrot, cut it in a cube with a scalpel, and then measured the length, width, and height of the cube with a ruler. Once all of that was done the cubes were placed in the solutions.
Carrot #1 Hypertonic solution Carrot #2 Hypotonic
INTRODUCTION: This experiment is being done to find out what happens to a carrot or a potato if you place them in two different solutions. Osmosis has a lot to do with this experiment and is the movement of water molecules from a higher concentration to a lower concentration. Osmosis only deals with water and is a type of diffusion. The difference between all three solutions is that in a hypertonic solution the cells fluid rushes out of the cell and causes it to shrivel. In a hypotonic solution water rushes into the cell and causes the cell to expand and eventually pop. In a isotonic solution water rushes in and out of the cell and causes the cell to stay the same.
HYPOTHESIS: On the carrot lab the carrot that will be placed in the salt water will be hypertonic and will shrink because the cells will shrivel. The carrot that is placed in just water will be hypotonic and will expand or get bigger. …show more content…
Underneath each beaker we had a paper towel that we had to label hypotonic and hypertonic. One member from each group had to bring either a potato or a carrot, cut it in a cube with a scalpel, and then measured the length, width, and height of the cube with a ruler. Once all of that was done the cubes were placed in the solutions.
Carrot #1 Hypertonic solution Carrot #2 Hypotonic