objective of this experiment was to test the effect of a specialized type of diffusion called osmosis‚ “which involves in selective transport of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane” (Lab Manual 2nd edition). It was hypothesized that osmosis will occur when there is an uneven distribution of solute in a solvent. The more abundant the solute is in solvent‚ the higher the rate of osmosis through the diffusion gradient forming a hypertonic or hypotonic solution. Solvent with equal or
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Demonstrating Osmosis in Potato Conclusion The data we had did not support the definition of Osmosis‚ Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a partially permeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration; the data we collected did not seem to fit into this. The potato chips were suppose to lose more mass in the higher concentrated solution as the water from the potato chip will flow out to the higher concentrated solution as the water inside the
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Erica Mitchell Mr. Vredenburgh Period 5 52/55 The Effect of Carbon Dioxide on Salt Water Abstract Background: The human population strongly relies on the oceans for food‚ transportation‚ recreation‚ climate regulation‚ and half of the Earth’s oxygen. These oceans‚ that we rely so heavily on‚ are becoming more acidic and less hospitable‚ making ocean acidification the world’s second most important atmospheric carbon problem. This carbon is released into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels
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growth was for water treated B.pumilus and the lowest mean root growth was the salt water treated control. Water treated V.paradoxus has a higher mean root growth compared with salt water‚ with a high margin of error. B.pumilus has the largest difference between root growth between water treated and salt water treated. (Table 1) Table 1: Individual results of Brassica mean root growth (mm). These were treated with Bacillus pumilus and Variovorax paradoxus under water and salt water (100mM‚ NaCl)
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LAB EXERCISE: Diffusion and Osmosis Laboratory Objectives After completing this lab topic‚ you should be able to: 1. Describe the mechanism of diffusion at the molecular level. 2. List several factors that influence the rate of diffusion. 3. Explain why diffusion is important to cells. 4. Describe a selectively permeable membrane‚ and explain its role in osmosis. 5. Define hypotonic‚ hypertonic‚ and isotonic in terms of relative concentrations of osmotically active substances. 6. Discuss
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of positive and negative charges that are useful in order to conduct energy. Simultaneously‚ we have also found out that saltwater conducts energy because of the solid salt it contains and when it is dissolved into water‚ the elements sodium and chloride from the salt separate or break up because of the very reactive traits of water (H2O)‚ thus‚ causing the production of positive and negative ions that are able to carry energy and consequently conducting electricity. The particular
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Using dialysis tubing to model diffusion of a cell membrane and investigating the influence of solute concentration on osmosis Purpose * Discover how dialysis tubing diffuses the cell membrane * Explore the effect of solute concentration on osmosis Background A cell membrane is a very significant function in the human body. In one sense‚ it is used as a barrier to keep the enzymes‚ DNA‚ and metabolic pathways that bundles everything together. Cell membranes are also used as a gateway
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show the water potentials of young‚ old and damaged potatoes and different sucrose concentrations (0.15‚ 0.20‚ 0.25‚ 0.30‚ 0.35 and 0.50). It was expected that the potatoes would lose weight as the potatoes would have lower water potential when placed in a solution ‚ and in this can be taken from the theory of osmosis which states that “the passive diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane down a concentration gradient” (Taylor and Bruenn‚ 2009)‚ moving water from a high
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The Osmosis Lab SHS Lacrosse Monster #2 Dates performed: 10/10/11 and 10/11/11 Introduction: The purpose of the laboratory investigation was to observe the diffusion of water across a semi-permeable membrane. In this lab‚ dialysis tubing was used to represent the semi-permeable cell membrane. Three dialysis tubes were prepared with 5% sucrose solution and were soaked in solutions of different concentrations. The diffusion of water across a semi-permeable membrane is called osmosis. When
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The water came from outer space to Earth. The water was brought to the planet for the comets. The water has a different structure for each state (gas‚ liquid‚ ice). Liquid water has random molecules. On the other hand‚ the ice has a more stable structure. The different structure between ice and liquid water can explain why the ice has less density than liquid water. Temperature is responsible for increasing the dissolution of components‚ and electrical conductivity. Pure water is not a good conductor
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