My Investigation on osmosis Osmosis is a special kind of diffusion. While diffusion can describe the movement of any kind of molecule‚ osmosis is only about the movement of water molecules. To show this diffusion I will be using potato discs‚ of the same size and mass‚ in different concentrations of sugar solution to find out whether the mass of the discs increases or decreases depending on the concentration. I predict that when the sugar solution is 0% the mass will increase as there is
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substances that enter or leave the cell do so through diffusion. Osmosis‚ a type of diffusion‚ is the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane. In osmosis‚ water diffuses across the area of lower solute concentration to that of higher solute concentration until the solute concentrations of the environment and the cell are equal. Tonicity‚ which is the ability of a solution to gain or lose water due to osmosis‚ results in an environment that is isotonic‚ hypertonic‚ or hypotonic. A
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Northern Kentucky University BIO 150L: Introduction to Biology I Instructor: Dr. Bethany Bowling Osmosis and Diffusion Report Estimating the Osmolarity of Plant Cells--Potato YAO ZHANG 03/26/2012 Introduction: It is undeniable that all cells have the kinetic energy. It will led the cells move randomly around to others. For this molecular movement‚ there are two results that might happen. Diffusion is one of them. Diffusion is the movement of molecules that between the
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Diffusion and osmosis are two types of passive transport. Diffusion is a random movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. Osmosis is a type of diffusion that diffuses water through a selectively permeable membrane. There were two parts to the experiment‚ the dialysis tubing lab and the potato lab. In the first experiment‚ the dialysis tubing acted as a semi-permeable membrane. A semi-permeable membrane is a membrane that allows certain
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diffused across the membrane between the phospholipids. Materials and methods: * 20 mwco dialysis membrane * 50 mwco dialysis membrane * 100 mwco dialysis membrane * 200 mwco dialysis membrane * Membrane holder * NaCl concentration * Urea * Albumin * Glucose * Deionized water * Beakers The experiment wasn’t done in an actual lab‚ but rather using a computer simulation in order to achieve precision and save time. Results: At 20 MWCO ‚NaCl (9.00 mM) no
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primary structure of a cell membrane is made up of a double layer of phospholipids molecules. The hydrophilic heads of the phospholipid molecules face outwards towards the water base solutions inside and outside the cell. The membrane is also made up of proteins‚ carbohydrate molecules‚ and cholesterol that form gates and pores‚ cell recognition‚ and stability. Active transport is used when a cell needs a substance to cross the membrane against its concentration gradient using protein carriers. Examples
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called peptidoglycans. Just inside the cell wall is a less rigid envelope called the plasma membrane also known as the cytoplasmic membrane. In bacterial cells the plasma membrane has two primary functions: it serves as a selective barrier to molecules that are penetrating the cell wall allowing water and oxygen to flow easily into the cell but restricting other proteins from entering; secondly‚ the plasma membrane contains enzymes proteins that cause chemical reactions to occur that are vital to the
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the cell membrane with the correct terms integral proteins‚ channel proteins and bilipid construction. Your last paragraph was very detailed with great information about the cell membrane‚ you stated “ The cell membrane is very thin and fragile‚ and it contains two different types of proteins. “Integral proteins are part of the membrane structure and cannot be removed without damaging or destroying the membrane. Peripheral proteins are bound to the inner or outer surface of the membrane and are easily
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Research Question: E. coli strain MM294 is placed under different sound frequencies. Does sound frequency affect the growth of E. coli strain MM294? Background: Noise pollution is a problem in urban areas and can be the cause of several health issues and increase risks of disease. It is interesting that even something inanimate like sound could affect so much of biological processes. The movement of energy through matter produces sound. Sound is a mechanical wave that travels
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that NaCl (sodium chloride) held the highest amount of electrical conductivity for all groups and on the table it reads the highest numbers across its row. Also as seen in the data above‚ ethanol had the lowest amount of conductivity with sucrose‚ acetic acid‚ ammonia‚ and MgCl2 following in ascending order. It can also be determined from Table 1 that there were 2 solutions with strong electrolytes‚ 2 with weak‚ and 2 with no electrolytes. The two solutions with strong electrolytes were NaCl and
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