THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE Pre-Famine History The potato was introduced to Europe sometime in the 16th century. There are many theories on how it arrived‚ but the one with the most credibility is from a case study done by Theresa Purcell. She explains how the white potato‚ also known as the Irish potato‚ originated in the Andean Mountains and was brought to Europe by the Spaniards. The potato was originally classified in the same family as the poisonous nightshade so people refrained from eating
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movement of water in the cell. Independent variable is the factor that affects the value of variables dependent to it. In osmosis lab‚ the independent variables are the potato and onions. The dependent variable is the variable whose value is measured to determine the extent of the effect of another variable to it‚ as in an experiment. In osmosis lab‚ the dependent variable is the length of the potato. The controlled variables are the amount of water‚ amount of salt‚ and the size of the potato. If the
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potatoes have faster water movement depending on the concentration of sucrose it was placed in. We had two sized potatoes‚ 6g and 10g‚ and placed each in three different dilutions of sucrose at 0.5M‚ 0.1M‚ and 0.05M. We also placed a 6g and 10g potato piece in water to act as a control. Based on the weight percent change over 60 minutes‚ the 6g potato piece had faster water movement than the 10g. This confirms out hypothesis that smaller potato pieces will have a faster rate of water movement. Introduction
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INTRODUCTION: In biology‚ osmosis is defined as the diffusion of solvent molecules (usually water molecules) across a semi-permeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration. Osmosis is of great importance in biological processes where the solvent is water. The transport of water and other molecules across biological membranes is essential to many processes in living organisms. The pressure exerted
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be discussing a potato chip company that has changed its market structure and what affects this change has made on the company‚ businesses that work with the company‚ and consumers. Prior to Wonks potato chips being in existence it was independent potato chip companies that operated in the Northwest that were ran in a competitive structure and in long-run competitive equilibrium. Once these potato chip companies were all bought up and turned into one company called Wonks potato chips which is now
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Action Potentials An action potential is the change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell. An action potential occurs when a neuron sends information down an axon‚ away from the cell body. A threshold is the minimum amount of stimulation needed to start a neural impulse (you know‚ the electrical impulses that travel throughout your body carrying important information). Action potentials generated by neural impulses are
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IB Biology Potato Lab Table 1: Trial Number | Concentration of Sucrose Solution (M) ±0.2 ml | Initial Mass of Potato Core Slice(g) ±0.1 | Final Mass of Potato Core Slices (g) ±0.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 2 | | 6.0 | 8.1 | 3 | | 6.2 | 7.4 | 4 | | 10.2 | 13.2 | 5 | | 8.7 | 10.3 | 6 | | 4.9 | 6.0 | 7 | | 9.2 | 10.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 2 | | 11.6 | 12.1 | 3 | | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 2 | | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | | 8 | 6.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 2
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Discussion and Conclusions Many obstacles to my potential strategy are worth overcoming. Since the brand new policy is to add extra taxes on smoking and fining the smoking companies for their actions‚ then one is able to make sure that people comply or go out of business. A way to overcome the challenges is to have someone from each company represented in Congress (Kottke‚ RN‚ GH‚ & ML.‚ 1988). This may mean making sure that there is someone in government that is passionate about this issue‚
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Potential Energy Potential Energy is a type of energy that does not involve motion. It is the energy that is stored up. The more work done to change an object’s position or shape‚ the more potential energy it has. For example‚ a person on a ladder has more potential energy than a person on the ground because they have done more work to get up there. Kinetic Energy Kinetic Energy is the energy of motion. The more work an object has done‚ the more kinetic energy it has. the amount of kinetic
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is the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane (Bell et al 2004). Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration (Brown 1999). Hypertonic is the solution with a higher salt concentration. Hypotonic solution is the solution with the lower salt concentration. My hypothesis is that the potato core will increase in size. When the solution is hypertonic‚ the potato will decrease in size making the potato hypotonic. Osmosis
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