Potato Lab Report: Effects of Sucrose Solutions on Potato Cells and Water Potential Abstract: Osmosis is a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one‚ thus equalizing the concentrations on each side of the membrane. In this experiment‚ we learn about Osmosis and Diffusion through potato cores in different concentration of sucrose‚ (water‚ .2‚ .4‚ .6‚ .8‚ 1.0). We realized
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THE EFFECT OF THE WATER CONCENTRATION GRADIENT ON THE RATE OF OSMOSIS Investigation Folio: Summative Stage 1 Biology: SEMESTER 1 2014 MARCIA SHAW - 151003X INTRODUCTION Diffusion: is when something spreads more widely from a higher concentration gradient to a lower concentration gradient. Diffusion is the process from which molecules‚ atoms or ions mingle together and move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration as a result to their kinetic energy. for example
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salt (Na)‚ 0.897% Na‚ 5.0% Na‚ and distilled water with a 0.0% Na solute concentration. My hypothesis is that cellular form and contents will either change or maintain form and consistency when introduced to these various different environments as osmosis occurs until a dynamic equilibrium has been reached between the membrane and its environment. It was found that when RBC’s are introduced to various solute concentrates their form and consistency did changed with highest amount of hemolysis evident
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the beetroot cells. Osmosis‚ which is the net movement of water particles from a region of higher water potential to a region of lower water potential through a selectively-permeable membrane until equilibrium is reached‚ occurs the most for the beetroot cells which are submerged in the 4ml of 50% alcohol. This is because‚ the 4ml of 50% alcohol is the most concentrated solution among the 5 set-ups‚ hence would be the most hypertonic solution to the beetroot cells. Hence‚ osmosis would occur more rapidly
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Title: Osmosis and water potential Aim of the experiment: Finding the water potential of potato. Biological principles: Independent variable: concentration of the solution. Dependent variable: percentage changed in weight of the potato strips. Controlled variable: size of the potato strips‚ it can be controlled by cutting the length of the strips. Procedure: Table 1. Concentration of sucrose solution table Concentration/ M | Sucrose Solution/ ml | Distilled
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selectively permeable membrane is a special case of diffusion known as osmosis. Osmosis results in the movement of water from an area of lower concentration of dissolved material to an area of higher concentration of dissolved material. For a demonstration of this principle‚ a purple onion cell is going to be bathed in different concentrations of salt (NaCl) water. Problem: How do solutions of various salt concentrations influence osmosis in relation to an onion cell?
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Name: Lawrence D. Mandras Date: August 17‚ 2013 Rating:_____ Yr. & Course: BSED-IV Laboratory Experiment no. 2 The Living Plant Cell Objectives: * To study the different types of plant cells. * To observe plant cells as to their shapes‚ structures and function. Materials: Microscope cover slip glass slide water onion Iodine soln. hydrilla salt tomato razor blade Medicinal dropper epidermal tissue of rhoeo-discolor
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cell wall as a result of water loss through osmosis. Osmosis is a type of passive transport involving movement of water molecules across a partially permeable membrane. 1. RESEARCH QUESTION How does 15% NaCl solution affect the appearance of onion cells? 2. HYPOTHESIS If onion cells are submerged in solutions of NaCl of different concentrations‚ then cells will lose water and the plasma membrane will shrink. This is because the process of osmosis will take place. Because of a difference between
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Abstract Literature on Van’t Hoff’s law states that water potentials and zero weight change osmolalities will be the same for potato cores placed in varying concentrations of solutes of NaCl‚ glucose‚ and sucrose. This experiment was designed to test these predictions and compare them to data gathered course wide. We found that the mean water potentials were all within 0.26 bars of each other‚ and that the zero weight change osmolalities were all within 0.035 mols of each other. This supported Van’t
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The Uses of water in Living Things Topics I have chosen to cover: - Osmosis & Water potential - Condensation & Hydrolysis Reactions - Digestion – the importance of water - Blood and tissue fluid To emphasise the sheer importance of water in living things and to put the content of this essay in to perspective‚ I am firstly going to inform you that the human body is approximately 50-75% water. Without water our body would be unable to successfully perform the numerous complex reactions and
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