surroundings‚ it tries to make concentration of solution inside and outside itself equal. However‚ the solutes are too big to pass the cell membranes without the help of channel proteins‚ or transport proteins. Water may freely pass through the membrane by osmosis‚ which requires no energy. Thus‚ the cell starts to take in‚ or release‚ water until it is isotionic to its
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effect of varying concentration of a differing glucose solution on the amount of osmotic activity‚ between the solution and a potato tuber of a given size. The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate how living cells rely on osmosis‚ the diffusion of water. Osmosis is the movement of water molecules (H20) from a region in which they are highly concentrated to a region in which they are less concentrated. This movement must take place across a partially permeable membrane such as a cell wall
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My First Lab Report: Diffusion and Osmosis To begin‚ this is my first time doing an experiment and a lab report for biology’s class. Although‚ it was a little hard at the beginning‚ my team and I got the hang of it and we finished it on time. It was actually kind of fun. There were three steps in the experiment: 3.1 A – Molecular Movement: In this session‚ I was observing a sample and determining if there was a movement or not. 3.1B –Diffusion through semi-permeable membrane dialysis tube: In this
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Laboratory Report on Urine Examination Introduction: When testing urine the test results may provide information regarding the status of carbohydrate metabolism and kidney function. The kidney glomeruli act as ultrafilters for the plasma protein; however as much as 150 mg/dl of protein may normally be excreted into the urine. In glomerular proteinuria‚ an increase in glomerular permeability occurs‚ resulting in an increase of urine proteins. High urine protein concentration therefore may indicate
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Natalie Drossoyianni I.B 1 Psychology HL Discuss the use of technology in investigating cognitive processes. Technology has been very useful for the past few years in investigating cognitive process. With the use of neuro-imaging techniques‚ researchers can examine brain structure and function‚ and thus understand better the relationship between cognition and physiology. The basic neuro-imaging techniques are the PET‚ the MRI‚ and THE fMRI scan. The PET or else the positron emission tomography
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The Effect of Concentration Gradient on Osmosis Abstract: Osmosis is the passive movement of water from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration‚ usually across a membrane (Thorpe 2013). Tonicity is the ability of a solution surrounding a cell to gain or lose water (Reece 2011). There are many factors that affect the rate of osmosis. These include temperature‚ surface area‚ difference in water potential‚ pressure‚ light and dark and most importantly what we will be talking
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Investigating the Limits of Cell Growth Background: To find factors that limit cell growth In multicellular organisms‚ In order for an organism to grow cells must divide through mitosis. Cell division happens after the cell is big enough so the daughter cells will be replicated without any flaws. The regulation and amount of materials that can enter and leave the cell is based on how large the cells surface area is. The rate of movement is also determined by the volume of the cell. Many factors like
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Title : C2 Investigating the capacitance of a capacitor I. Objective : * To investigate the factor which affect the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor using a reed switch. II. Apparatus * Reed Switch * Signal generator * Capacitor Plates (1 pair) * Polythene spacers * Low voltage power supply * Voltmeter * Variable resistance * Light-beam galvanometer * CRO * Standard mass (eg. 100g ) * Connecting leads * Drawing board *
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Osmosis and the Egg Lab Report By: N. Mullins Date: January 20‚ 2011 Introduction This lab was designed to explain the different things osmosis does. Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a semi permeable membrane. Over three days we tested the egg in three different solutions to observe the changes. On Day 1‚ the main question we answered was what happened to the egg when it was placed in vinegar? Before doing this I came to my hypothesis was that the vinegar would eat away at the shell and eventually
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Diffusion‚ Osmosis and Active Transport Substances will move through the membrane by diffusion. This is the random spreading out of particles until they are even. For example‚ when you put your instant coffee in boiling water‚ the coffee particles spread out and fill the entire mug‚ this is diffusion. A second way that substances can move through the cell membrane is by osmosis. This is a special type of diffusion where water moves from a high to a low concentration through a ’partially permeable
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