Problem question: When a Shell - less egg is placed into a beaker of corn syrup‚ will there be any water going into or out of the egg and if the shell - less egg is placed in a beaker of distilled water will be any net flow of water going into or out of the egg. Hypothesis: If a shell - less egg is placed into a beaker of corn syrup solution‚ then there will be a net flow of water going into the egg because the water molecules will be small enough to pass through the membrane of the egg. If
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you be able to observe any diffusion?NO there is no diffusion taking place. 12. Does being unable to observe diffusion necessarily mean that diffusion is not taking place? yes you should be able to tell when equilibrium is reached Osmosis Activity 4: Osmosis 13. Did you observe any pressure changes during the experiment? If so‚ in which beaker(s)‚ and with which membranes? Yes in the left beaker at the membrane 20. 14. Why? 15. Did the Na+/Cl- diffuse from the left beaker to the right
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Osmosis is similar to simple diffusion in that both processes are passive‚ allowing molecules to diffuse through a membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration without the input of energy; however it differs from simple diffusion in that during osmosis‚ water is the molecule being diffused‚ and is typically the solvent while in simple diffusion solute molecules
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the water and sucrose‚ osmosis can no longer take place. Osmosis can only occur when water is traveling from a higher concentrated area to a lower concentrated area. Hydrostatic pressure occurs when the bag reaches maximum capacity. Water will enter the bag through osmosis but get pushed out through hydrostatic pressure. This works in a cycle and prevents the bag from obtaining more volume and mass. 1b. The curves for the 40% and 20% sucrose differ in the rate of osmosis because of their concentration
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down sucrose is too large of a molecule to diffuse through semi permeable membrane and wouldn’t be able move in and out of cells affectively. Because potatoes have sucrose inside them a concentration gradient is present and if placed in any solution osmosis movement of water through semi permeable membranes would naturally occur. If the concentration of sucrose in the solutions is less than the concentration in the potato then the potato will gain mass and vice versa. In conducting this experiment sucrose
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balance and internal salt for several different reasons such as‚ compensating for water loss‚ avoiding excess water gain‚ and maintaining a proper osmotic concentration of the body fluids (Saladin‚ 2010). This process is derived from osmosis‚ however is much more complex. Osmosis is the diffusion of water down its cavity gradient through a semipermeable membrane. The aim of the experiment was to determine whether P. lurca (Phylum Sipuncula) was an osmoconformer and U. coarctata‚ a fiddler crab (Phylum
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Aim The aim is to find the concentration (mole/dm3 (M)) of solute in a potato cell by using the process of osmosis and different concentrations of sucrose solution. Background information Osmosis is diffusion of water across a partially permeable membrane. It moves from a solution with less solute concentration (high water potential) to a solution with more solute concentration (low water potential). The one with a high water concentration is called a hypotonic solution and the low water concentration
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11M01_ZAO2177_01_SE_CH01.QXD 3/4/11 1:36 AM Page 1 E X E R C I S E 1 Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability P R E - L A B Q U I Z 1. Circle the correct term. A passive process‚ diffusion / osmosis is the movement of solute molecules from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration. 2. A solution surrounding a cell is hypertonic if: a. it contains fewer nonpenetrating solute particles than the interior of the cell. b. it contains
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classified as a means of passive transport. In simple diffusion‚ a hydrophobic molecule can move into the hydrophobic region of the membrane without getting rejected. Simple diffusion does not involve a protein. An example of simple diffusion is osmosis. Hydrophilic molecules cannot participate in simple diffusion because they would move into the hydrophobic region of the membrane and be rejected. Facilitated diffusion is a type of passive transport that is dependent on single transport protein
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Water molecules move from high to low Osmosis is what they seem to know Solute and Solvent are what’s inside The polarity of water makes it easy to find “Hyper” and “Hypo” tells you how much is there But isotonic means that they are fair Water molecules move from the inside out Scientists call this plasmolysis without a doubt All of this happens inside a membrane It is a serious matter‚ not a fun little game When a membrane is selective it chooses what it wants Few things are moved through
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