Topic: Osmosis Materials: Potato cylinders‚ 20 percent sodium chloride solution‚ three test-tubes‚ test-tube rack‚ scalpel blade‚ Gel ink pen‚ syringe-10cm^3‚ Plastic ruler with mm‚ tile‚ forceps filter paper‚ Masking tape. Method: 1) Three test-tubes‚ A‚ B and C were labeled and initials of experimenters were applied with the date: January 29‚ 2013. 2) A syringe was used to put 10cm^3 of water in tube A and 5cm^3 in tube B along with 5cm^ 20 percent sodium chloride solution and 10cm^3 20 percent
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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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mesophyll‚ a higher specific leaf area‚ and improved light capture…" (Matos et al.‚ 2009). The sun leaves were described as "generally thicker with an enhanced quantity of palisade mesophyll" (Matos et al.‚ 2009). Our objective was the presence of phenotypic plasticity in avocado trees based on the differences in the morphology of shade and sun leaves. In our study‚ we asked whether there is a difference in surface area‚ length-to-width ratio‚ mass‚ specific leaf mass‚ and color between shade
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Shalini Prasad Ajith Rao Eeshoo Rehani DEVELOPING HYPOTHESES & RESEARCH QUESTIONS 500 RESEARCH METHODS SEPTEMBER 18TH 2001 DEVELOPING HYPOTHESIS AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS DEVELOPING HYPOTHESES & RESEARCH QUESTIONS Introduction Processes involved before formulating the hypotheses. Definition Nature of Hypothesis Types How to formulate a Hypotheses in Quantitative Research Qualitative Research Testing and Errors in Hypotheses Summary DEVELOPING HYPOTHESES & RESEARCH QUESTIONS The
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How is Osmosis Affected By the Concentration PLANNING Independent Variable The independent variable in this experiment is the thing that I will be changing in the experiment. This is the range of concentrations that have been obtained by diluting the original 1M solution of Sucrose. This is therefore the only thing that is going to be altered as I am investigating how different percentage of water molecules affects the weight of the the potato thus the rate and direction of osmosis. Dependant
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INTRODUCTION: Osmosis is defined as the net movement of water or any other solutions molecules 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‚ which lets smaller molecules such as water through but does not allow bigger molecules to pass through. The molecules will continue to diffuse until the area in which the molecules are found reaches a state of equilibrium
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The Effect of pH on the Rate of Osmosis Using a Glucose Solution Melissa Werderitch Biology 157 11/6/06 Introduction In a journal article written by Florian Lang‚ osmosis is essentially explained as the flow of water from one area to another that are separated by a selectively permeable membrane to equalize concentrations of particles in the two locations (Lang‚ 1997). Osmosis is able to maintain osmotic pressure and regulate a cell’s volume. In a hypotonic () or hypertonic () environment
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molecules of the food coloring equally distributed in the area of the water. Osmosis is a special type of diffusion where only the water molecules move. This happens through a selectively permeable membrane. It allows water and oxygen to move freely across the membrane. Osmosis only has an effect when the cell is in a hypotonic or hypertonic solution. A hypotonic solution is when the salt concentration
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productive for photosynthesis than others. In this experiment I use a plant called Elodea (pond weed). Elodea is native to North America and it is also widely used as aquarium vegetation. The basic structure of these plants are whirls of leaves around a stem that form a chain of long segments connected to looks like pipe cleaners with usually a diameter of about half an inch or so‚ depending on the species of elodea plants. Silty sediments and water rich in nutrients favour the growth of American
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Abstract - The experiments done in class served for multiple purposes. It helped identify that diffusion is the shifting of molecules from one part to another that takes no energy‚ and that osmosis is just the flow of water through the cell membrane. The main purpose of the first experiment was to examine the movement of H2O and other materials in living and simulate systems. This was done through the dialysis tubing to mimic the cell membrane and measure the change of mass inside the tube filled
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