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It started one day in a science classroom. That is where I learned about diffusion. Diffusion is the movement of a substance across a membrane, due to a difference in concentration, without any help from other molecules. (Unknown, 2) In the egg lab the egg experienced diffusion over the course of several days. During the lab I also learned about hypertonic solutions and hypotonic solutions. The hypertonic solutions concentration of the cell is less than the outside of the cell. (Trent, 1) Hypotonic solutions have a higher concentration in it than the area surrounding it. (Trent, 1) I learned about hypertonic solutions when we placed the egg in corn syrup which caused the egg to deform and become squished. I learned about hypotonic solutions when we placed the egg in water which caused the egg to swell. This process can also be defined as osmosis which is the diffusion of water molecules across a membrane. (Unknown, 2) When we first got the egg it would be an isotonic solution meaning that having equal tension (Unknown,1) which would mean that the same amount was inside the cell as outside of it. The purpose of the experiment was to learn about diffusion, concentration gradient, passive transport,
The first day we weighed the egg before putting it in a cup of vinegar, the egg weighed 55.47 grams, we left the egg here for approximately forty-eight hours. The second day the egg was still in the vinegar. The third day we moved it into the corn syrup where it stayed until the next morning, the egg weighed 76.66 grams. The fourth day the egg was put into tap water with one drop of food coloring where it weighed 41 grams, the egg stayed here until the following morning. On the last day we cleaned the egg off like the previous times and weighed it which came to 80.33 grams, we then disposed of the egg seeing that there wasn’t anymore use for
When the eggs are dropped onto the pillow, the eggs will bounce a little and stay whole.
Investigating the Effect of Concentration on the Rate of Diffusion Aim: To find out if concentration affects the rate of diffusion. Prediction: I predict that the higher the concentration of acid the faster the reaction will be. Hypothesis: Diffusion is the spreading out of a gas or liquid from an area of low concentration to another area where it has a lower concentration until the overall concentrations are balanced. The Hydrochloric acid (HCl) diffuses into the gelatine cube of which contains Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH), which is an alkali. When the Hydrochloric acid combines with the Sodium Hydroxide they form salt and water, which is neutral therefore turning the pink cube to clear.
I added ½ tablespoon of baking soda to 4 cups of water. I added a small drop of liquid soap to the water and stirred to mix. I used the end of a straw and cut out 20 circles of spinach leaves. I pulled the plunger completely out of the syringe and put the leaf circles into the syringe. Next I pushed the plunger back in. I used the syringe to suck up the baking soda water until the syringe was about ¼ full of liquid. I placed my finger over the end of the syringe and pulled back on the plunger as far as I could without pulling the plunger out. I repeated this step three times. All the leaf circles sunk to the bottom of the liquid. I placed the spinach into a clear glass with about 2 inches of baking soda solution. I blocked out all light. I set the lamp with a compact florescent light bulb. I placed the glass in front of the lamp. I counted the number of circles that floated after each minute for 20 minutes (positive control). I created a negative control by not placing compact florescent light bulb and not placing the glass in front of the lamp. I counted the number of circles that are floating. I repeated the experiment with fresh circles and used regular water plus soap for all steps instead of baking soda and soa...
Investigate the Osmosis of Potato Cells in Various Salt Solutions. Introduction I have been asked to investigate the effect of changing the concentration of a solution on the movement of water into and out of potato cells. I will be able to change the input of my experiment. The input variable is the concentration of the solution.
It is when much needed oxygen is obtained by the body in order for respiration to take place and the waste CO2 is taken out of the body. In us mammals, the exchange takes place in the lungs which contain a large number of alveoli. These are sponge-like structures in which the diffusion takes place. They are highly adapted to diffuse the gases as they give a large surface area for exchange of the gases.
At point A the graph shows that no change in mass, of the potato, would have have occurred had we used a 0.2 (m) sucrose solution. This suggests that the concentration of water inside the potato would have been equal to the solution outside the potato. At point B (plain water), there is no indication that the cell is increasing in mass. This is because the cell is fully turgid and no more water can enter.
Osmosis in Carrots Background Osmosis is the diffusion of water from a dilute solution to a more concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane, which allows the pass of water molecules but not solute molecules. [IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE]If a cell is placed in a less concentrated solution water enters because the less concentrated solution will have a high concentration of water than the inside of the cell. Once the cell takes in maximum water the cell becomes turgid. If the cell was to be placed in a high concentrated solution, water would leave the cell because the cell would contain a low concentrated solution. So in the low concentrated solution there will be a high concentration of water and in the high concentrated solution there will be a low concentration of water.
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The egg increased in mass when placed in water and decreased in mass when placed in syrup. This was the opposite of what was stated in my
Diffusion is the movement of a substance from an area with a high concentration to an area that is less concentrated (Houtman, A., et .al.,2015). However, osmosis is a special type of diffusion where water moves across a semi-permeable membrane. Understanding enzymatic activity is important when analysing the breakdown of sucrose. Enzymes are important when it comes to the function of cells. Enzymes are protein molecules that have the ability to speed up chemical reactions (Houtman, A., et.al., 2015). Invertase is an enzyme that breaks down sucrose into fructose and glucose (WOU Biology, 2018). When the large sucrose molecule is broken down into fructose and glucose, they become small enough to move through semi-permeable membranes. My hypothesis is if we put invertase in a solution with sucrose, it will catabolize it, and the glucose will diffuse across the membrane so we should get less of a rise in the osmometer. I predict that the solution that has more of a rise in the osmometer will be the one with just sucrose, the green solution.
This is because the water molecules pass from a low concentration to a high concentration, (in the potato chip). Therefore, the chips in low concentrations will gain mass and have a greater length height than in higher concentrations such as 1molar of sugar solution. If there is no gain or loss in height or mass then these will be the isotonic points of the potato cells. The isotonic point is where the cells are not increasing or decreasing in size and is known to be in a state of equilibrium. Apparatus: 1.
One group member stood on a chair holding the egg out a certain height while others held the corners of the bed sheet to catch the egg. To get the initial height of the egg we used a meter stick to measure the height from the egg to the top of the sheet, with at least 3 significant digits. After we dropped the egg, we measured the distance the eggs pushed the sheet downward by using a meter stick to at least 2 significant digits. We repeated these steps above for every group. We then calculated the egg’s gravitational potential energy in joules by substituting our mass, gravity, and height values into the equation,
Egg Albumen Experiment The purpose of this investigation is to establish which is the lowest concentration of Copper (II) Sulphate solution that will denature a sample of egg albumen (egg white) at room temperature. The base of the reaction is the globular protein (albumen) being denatured by a heavy metal (Copper (II)), the copper (II) reacts with the NH3 group causing it to denature, this means the proteins' secondary and tertiary structures are being altered and refolding into different shapes, this resulting in a change from the substance being clear to turning opaque.[1] As the concentration of the denaturants increases more folding and changing of shape will occur and therefore more denaturing will occur and at a faster rate. From this I can predict that that lowest concentration of the solution is approximately at 0.03m solution.
Osmosis in Potato Tubes Osmosis: Osmosis is the movement of water molecules through a semi-permeable membrane from a high concentration to a low concentration. Diagram: [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Aim: To see the effects of different concentration of sugar solution on Osmosis in potato tubes. Key factor: In the investigation we change the sugar solution from: 0%-10%-20%-30%-40%-50% this is the independent variable; the dependant variable is the change in mass. Prediction: I predict that all the potato tubes in pure water or low concentration sugar solution will swell because water enters their cells by osmosis.
So when you drink a lot of water and don't balence it with something salty then you could be potentially over hydrated. with that dehydration is when someone doesn't have enough water and can be very unhealthy. By being dehydrated it can cause muscle cramps and fainting. The egg could also be perfectly balanced with a perfect amount of solutes and h2o in the solution to cause to the egg to not change weight. The egg in the lab is doing the same thing our blood cells do everyday. The egg in the osmosis lab is doing the same actions because the shell around the egg is a form of a cell membrane a stretchy substanse like elastic that can expand to a certain point. With this substance the egg can expand and shrink to whatever point its capable of. When the egg was in the hypertonic solution, it was supposed to shrink, but it had gained mass instead. By that I mean the balance was off there was too much water inside the egg then outside. If there was more water outside the egg, the egg would have shrunk a lot. But water makes the egg expand and gain mass. Therefore In the hypotonic solution the egg was supposed to gain in mass, but instead it decreased in mass. The egg mass didn't have a drastic change, but it still was