Diffusion continues until it reaches equilibrium. Osmosis is similar to Diffusion but it’s the process in which water moves across a semi-permeable membrane and goes to the higher concentration of solute.1 2.2. Important factors to Osmosis and Diffusion include Temperature‚ Concentration and Surface area to volume ratio. Temperature can affect the rate in which a solute dissolves in a solution‚ higher temperature faster rate of Osmosis. This is caused by the molecules movements being faster
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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 to a low concentration‚ so in this case water would move from the
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The effects of osmosis on potatoes placed in different salt concentration Introduction: Osmosis is a movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane. This may only happen when there is a difference in concentration between the two sides of the membrane. The water moves from low concentrations to high concentrations. That is because the low concentrated area tries to dilute the opposite via osmosis. The effects osmosis has on a cell are either that it becomes turgid and hard as water enters
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Introduction The movement of molecules from an area of greater concentration to an area of less concentration is called Diffusion. Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane from an area with greater concentration of water to an area with less concentration. A Hypertonic Solution is a solution of a higher concentration of solutes and a smaller concentration of water molecules than another solution. However‚ an Isotonic Solution is a solution that contains an equal
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Name: ____Justine Basilone___ Osmotic Regulation Virtual Laboratory Biology Go to the following virtual laboratory: http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/LS03/LS03.html Answer your questions in this word document‚ save the file and submit through Edmodo. Your answers should be at least 2 complete sentences if not more! Part I: Observations & Data: Read the Introductory information and the Procedure located in the window to the left of the screen and
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temperature have on the rate of diffusion? How did molecule size affect the rate of diffusion? What happens to the rate of diffusion over time? Why? What can you conclude from this experiment? II. Osmosis Define the following terms. Osmosis EXERCISE 2 – Osmosis demonstration After 15 minutes‚ record the volume change in each tube. Osmometer Dialysis Tube Contents Beaker Contents Volume Fluid Moved Direction of Movement 1 2 Describe the net movement
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explosion from a hypotonic solution( Figure 1). Incipient plasmolysis occurred in the solution that contained AgNO3 in the sucrose concentration of 0.4M (Figure 2). In addition‚ the Elodea cells seemed to shrink as the sucrose concentrations’ increased without AgNO3. Therefore the results were that with the addition of AgNO3‚ osmosis was not inhibited. The internal osmotic pressure at different sucrose concentrations was 0 for 0.0M‚ 2.43 for 0.1M‚ 4.85 for 0.2M‚ 7.28 for 0.3M‚ 9.71 for 0.4M‚ 12.14 for 0.5M
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The purpose of this lab was to determine the concentration of NaCl or sodium chloride that is isotonic to elodea cells. First off‚ what is osmosis? Osmosis is this huge net of molecules moving through semi-permeable membrane to high concentration to direction where everything becomes balanced. This brings us to what osmolality is. Osmolality is related to osmosis and we know that osmosis has something to do with water so that being said‚ osmolality is number of osmoles of solute per liter in solution
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the effect of water gain or loss in animal and plant cells. INTRODUCTION: Osmosis is the tendency of water to flow from a hypotonic solution (low concertration of dissolved substances) to hypertonic solution ( higher concerntration of dissolved substances) across a semipermeable membrane. Osmosis occurs when different concentrations of water are separated by a differentially permeable membrane. One example of a differentially permeable membrane
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Experiment 5 Title: Membrane Permeability Objectives: 1. Define solvent‚ solute‚ solution‚ selectively permeable‚ diffusion‚ osmosis‚ concentration gradient‚ equilibrium‚ turgid‚ plasmolyzed‚ plasmolysis‚ turgor pressure‚ tonicity‚ hypertonic‚ isotonic‚ hypotonic; 2. Describe the effects of hypertonic‚ isotonic‚ and hypotonic solutions on Elodea leaf cells and onion scale leafs. Introduction: Membrane permeability is a quality of a cell’s plasma membrane that allows substances to pass in
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