to dilute the higher concentration. Therefore‚ we say that hypotonic solutions have a lower solute concentration and a higher water potential. The net movement of water in a plant cell can be described using the two terms‚ turgor pressure and plasmolysis. Turgor pressure refers to the pressure of water exerting against
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Osmosis and Diffusion Title: Diffusion and Osmosis AP Lab 1 Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to determine the effects of a selectively permeable membrane on diffusion and osmosis between two solutions separated by a membrane. Hypothesis: Procedures: In lab manual Material: In lab manual Background Information: Data: Table 1 Diffusion of glucose and iodine. | Color | Glucose | Time | Dialysis Bag | Beaker | Dialysis Bag | Beaker | Start | | | | | 30 minutes
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LABORATORY 1b - Water Potential II LABORATORY 1b: WATER POTENTIAL II OVERVIEW In this laboratory you will investigate the effect of solute concentration on water potential as it relates to living plant tissues. OBJECTIVES Before you begin this lab you should understand: - the mechanisms of diffusion and osmosis and their importance to cells - the concept of water potential - the relationship between solute concentration‚ pressure potential and the water potential of a solution - the concept
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ii. hypertonic solution: A cell placed in it will lose water: Also known as plasmolysis. iii. isotonic solution: A cell placed in it will neither gain nor lose water 10) Cells of Plants‚ fungi & bacteria: Contain both plasma membrane & cell wall. Cell wall is rigid‚ non-living & outer most covering‚ composed mainly of cellulose. 11) When placed in hypertonic solution‚ a living plant cell shows plasmolysis 12) Cell wall provides mechanical strength to the cell. It permits the cell
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Diffusion And Osmosis Abstract In this Diffusion and Osmosis lab a total of three experiments were performed. For experiment 5.1 we investigate diffusion through a selectively permeable membrane and the many factors that influence the rates of diffusion. In experiment 5.2 we investigate both animal and plant cells in different molar solutions and the different osmotic behaviors within the cells. In experiment 5.3 we test the osmolarity of plant cells through the usage of potato tuber cells
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results in water molecules entering a plant cell‚ the molecules exert a pressure against the cell wall‚ called turgor pressure. 3. hypertonic‚ plasmolysis : hypertonic solution has a higher solute concentration than the cytosol of a cell. In a hypertonic solution a plant cell will lose water and shrink away from the cell wall‚ a process called plasmolysis. MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. d 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. b SHORT ANSWER Answer the questions in the space provided. 1. What happens to the movement
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Experiment to Investigate Osmosis in Potatoes The aim of this experiment is to investigate the movement of water in and out of plant cells. The cells chosen for study will be taken from potato tubers. Firstly I will explain what osmosis is. Osmosis is the passage of water from a region of high water concentration through a semi permeable membrane to a region of low water concentration. This definition contains three important statements: a) It is the passage of water through a semi permeable membrane
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Practical Work Nº2: “Different methods to control osmosis” Aim: observe and test the process of osmosis through different kinds of methods: the weigh (potato)‚ the density (beetroot) and under the light microscope (onion). Hypothesis: according to the encyclopedia definition osmosis is the diffusion of a liquid (most often assumed to be water‚ but it can be any liquid solvent) through a partially-permeable membrane from a region of high solvent potential to a region of low solvent potential. Thus
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Title: Ms. K Cell Membrane and Homeostasis Experiment Objective(s): The reason for this experiment is to see how starch and iodine affect each other and how a plastic bag works similar to a membrane in certain situations. Introduction: I know prior to doing this experiment that iodine mixed with starch creates a dark color and that most objects‚ organic and inorganic‚ naturally experience isotonic reactions. Hypothesis: I think that the potato will absorb more starch than the sweet potato and
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maintained the same shape. 4) Plasmolysis is the lose of water and turgor pressure in a cell. 5) The onion cells should have plasmolyzed because the area surrounding them had a lower water potential and water should have moved out of the cells. 6) Grasses that live on the sides of roads that have been salted in the winter end to dies because the water is drained from the cells as it moves out of the grass cells into the hypertonic NaCl area around it. Lab 1D Plasmolysis of Cells - Drawings of onion
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