and plants cells. In human bodies‚ the process of osmosis is primarily found in the kidneys‚ in the glomerulus. In plants‚ osmosis is carried out everywhere within the cells of the plant (World Book‚ 1997). This can be shown by an experiment with potato and glucose/salt solution. The experiment requires putting a piece (or more) of potatoes into glucose or salt solution to see the result of osmosis (a hypertonic type of solution is mostly used as it would give the most prominent visual prove of osmosis
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Chemistry 12 - Lab 19A Flow Chart (Investigating Chemical Equilibrium) PART 1: Put on safety goggles and lab apron Obtain 2 (Empty‚ Clean‚ AND DRY) 250mL Erlenmeyer flasks. Add approx. 100mL of DISTILLED water and 1mL of thymol blue solution to each flask Record the colour of this solution in note book FIRST FLASK: add a single drop of 0.1M HCl. Swirl the contents of the flask and continue drop-by-drop addition until a definite colour change is observed. SECOND FLASK: will serve as
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High-fat Diet Contributes to Aggressive Behavior Hypothesis: High-fat diet contributes to aggressive behavior. Introduction: Aggression is a behavior that is destructive‚ hostile or violent and is intended cause harm‚ injury or damaged to the target person or object. Aggression and violence are the major problems in our society and one of the main contributions of this behavior is socioeconomic status (SES). According to the American Psychological association (APA)‚ socioeconomic status is
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Investigating Osmosis In Potato Cells Apparatus: The apparatus used in this experiment were: 1) 5 beakers‚ 2) 3 large potatoes (same type)‚ 3) 15 pieces of potato without skin (roughly the same size)‚ 4) 10 pins‚ 5) 50ml of distilled water‚ 6) 50ml salt solution 0.50‚ 7) 50ml salt solution 1.00‚ 8) 50ml salt solution 1.50‚ 9) 50ml salt solution 2.00 10) Scales‚ 11) Knife‚ 12) chopping board‚ 13) cork borer‚ Prediction & Theory: When the potato pieces are put in to the water there
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occur by moving water through the semi-permeable membranes. If the concentration of sucrose in the solution is less than the concentration of sucrose found in the potato‚ then the potato would decrease in mass. The opposite would occur as well‚ if the concentration of sucrose in the solution is more than that of the potato‚ then the potato would expand and gain in mass. In conducting this as an
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Investigating the Difference in Isotonic Point in Sweet and White Potato Research Aim: To observe whether equal sized white potato or sweet potato cores reached the isotonic point in the same concentration of sucrose solution. Introduction: Osmosis is diffusion of water from areas of high water potential to areas of low water potential. It does not require an input of energy. Plants use osmosis to transport minerals from their roots to their leaves‚ and to take in water in the soil. Because the
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The five-step processes for hypothesis testing are the following. Step1. Specify the null hypothesis H0 and alternative hypothesis H1. The null hypothesis is the hypothesis that the researcher formulates and proceeds to test. If the null hypothesis is rejected after the test‚ the hypothesis to be accepted is called the alternative hypothesis. For example if the researcher wants to compare the average value generated by two different procedures the null hypothesis to be tested is [pic] and
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1 5 HYPOTHESIS TESTING PAPER JILL HOLMAN PSY/315 September 1‚ 2014 Jennifer Slothower HYPOTHESIS TESTING PAPER We are seeing the influence of psychosocial stress on the course of bipolar disorder being increasingly recognized. Child adversity is not just a topic that is discussed‚ but is a topic that is real in the society in which we live. Child adversity can hit close to home. A child experiences this by being in a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty (Merriam-Webster‚ 2014)
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Primordial Soup Hypothesis is a hypothesis created by Alexander Oparin in the year of 1942. It claims that life started when a group of chemicals mixed together to form a pond‚ making amino acids‚ which then lead to proteins‚ and later the first forms of life. The evidence presented in the Miller-Urey experiment provided proof that basic monomers could be created from a mixture of methane‚ ammonia‚ and hydrogen. Different to the Primordial Soup Hypothesis‚ the Iron-Sulfur World Hypothesis states that
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the effect of sugar on the mass of potato Introduction- diffusion is a passive transport where molecules move from areas of higher concentration to areas of low concentrations. Although the molecule ’s movement is random‚ equilibrium is being sought out. Osmosis is a type of diffusion only It involves water. In osmosis water diffuses from the area of high concentration to an area of low concentration‚ to diffuse the more molecule rich side. Because cells have selectively permeable membranes‚ meaning
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