in a Potato Investigation Aim I am going to investigate osmosis in potato chips placed in different concentration solutions of sugar , the factor we are going to change in the experiment is the concentration of sugar in each solution. I am going to investigate the movement of osmosis through a semi permeable membrane. Prediction I predict that in my experiment the rate of osmosis will decrease as the amount of sugar in the solution increases , I predict that when the potato chip
Potato and Osmosis Investigation PLANNING: (P) Some background Information: Water Potential and Living Plant Cells Plant Cells in Pure Water: If plant cells are placed in pure water (a hypotonic solution) water will initially move into the cells. After a period of time the cells will become turgid. Turgor pressure is the pressure exerted against the cell wall by contents of the cell. At first most water movement is into the cell. As the turgor pressure increases water will begin to
The Investigation of Osmosis in Potato Chips Osmosis will occur across a semi-permeable membrane whenever there is a difference between the water concentrations on the two sides of the membrane, and when this happens to cells they will either become turgid if water flows into them, or plasmolysed if water flows out of them, and therefore changing their mass. Aim: To investigate how changing concentration in a sugar solution affects the rate of osmosis in potato chips. Prediction:
An Investigation to Demonstrate Osmosis Using a Potato Aim I am going to investigate osmosis when potato is placed in different concentrations of sucrose. I am aiming to witness osmosis in 6 different concentrations of sucrose. I will use 6 varying concentrations so that I have a wider spread to compare the results, and check that I don’t have any anomalies. Prediction Osmosis is the process of diffusion of water molecules from a weaker solution into a stronger solution, through
An Investigation Into the Effect of Sucrose Concentration On Osmosis in Potato Chips My aim is to investigate the amount of osmotic activity between a potato chip and different concentrations of sucrose. The following affect the rate of osmosis: Temperature The warmer most things are the more quickly particles move, therefore increased temperature will increase the rate of osmosis. So, if a potato chip is in a highly concentrated solution the water molecules will quickly leave the
Investigation of the Concentration and the Effect of Sucrose on Osmosis in Apple and Potato Tissues INTRODUCTION: - I will be doing an investigation on the topic of Osmosis (A special type of diffusion). The aim of this experiment is to investigate the effect of sucrose concentration on osmosis in apple and potato tissues, to find out how the concentration of sucrose solution affects the mass of potato and apple strips. So therefore to find out about the uptake of water into a cell
An Investigation to Find the Effect of Sugar Concentration on Osmosis in Potato Chips Introduction: Osmosis is the passage of water molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through a partially permeable membrane. In this case, Osmosis applied to the practical because the aim was to see if a sugared solution had an effect on osmosis in potato chips, it was intended to find out if different concentrations of sucrose solution caused a selectively permeable
An investigation of the glucose concentration of the cell sap in potato cells In this experiment I intend to investigate the effects of osmosis on potato cells. Specifically, I intend to use my knowledge of osmosis to investigate the glucose concentration of the cell sap in potato cells. Osmosis is a method by which water levels on either side of a semi permeable membrane may balance themselves. It occurs between regions of high water concentration and low water concentration. As it is a special
Investigation to Determine the Effect of a Range of Different Concentrations of Sugar Solutions on the Potato Cells Aim My aim is to set up an investigation to determine the effect of a range of different concentrations of sugar solutions on potato cells. I predict that the higher the concentration the more the length and mass of the potato chip will decrease. The lower the concentration the more the length and mass of the potato chip will increase. This should happen due to the law
An Investigation on How Different Levels of Sugar Concentration Can Affect Potato Cells AIM: My aim for this experiment is to see the results of potato tissue's mass difference, when placed in different concentrations of sugar solutions. Also my aim for this experiment is to estimate the concentration of cell sap within the potato cells. Variables involved: For this experiment I would expect to have 3 different variables, Independent, Dependent, and fixed variables, which all help
How Osmosis In Potatoes Is Affected By Solution Concentration Aim To investigate how the concentration of a salt and water solution affects the rate of osmosis in a potato. Osmosis Osmosis is the passage of water from an area of high water concentration to an area of lower water concentration, through a partially permeable membrane (a membrane which allows small molecules like oxygen, carbon dioxide, water, ammonia, glucose etc to pass through, but does not allow larger molecules
Investigating the Effects of Varying Sugar Concentration on the Amount of Osmotic Activity Between the Solution and Potato Tubes Hypothesis: Osmosis is defined as the net movement of water molecules from a region in which they are highly concentrated to a region in which they are less concentrated. This movement takes place across a partially permeable membrane e.g. a cell wall. This means that the cell wall will let smaller molecules such as water through but does not allow bigger molecules
The Effect of Salt Solution Concentration On The Mass Of Potatoes Introduction ============ In my investigation to find out how salt solution concentration affect the mass of potatoes, I will investigate how much the mass of a potato changes if I leave it in a beaker of water with a specified salt concentration for half an hour. I will change the salt concentration after each experiment. Background Knowledge -------------------- Osmosis is the passage of water molecules from
Osmosis Experiment Experiment to investigate how equal masses of potato are effected in different concentrations of 1molar sucrose soloution. Aim: To investigate if osmosis occurs in potatoes, and if so, how it affects potatos of equal mass (2.5g) in different molar solutions of sucrose and water. Apparatus: -Cutting tile which will be used to cut the potato on. -Knife which will be used to peel the potato with and to cut to correct mass. -Burette which will be used to measure
solution has on the amount of osmotic activity between the sucrose solution and a plant cell. The plant cell I have chosen to use is a potato tuber from which I plan to cut potato chips of equal length which I will place in test tubes filled with varying concentrations at equal volumes of sucrose solution. After a set amount of time I will remove the potato chips and record the change in length. BACKGORUND KNOWLEDGE High water potential is a solution which has a high concentration of
across a particularly permeable membrane. The water can move between the potato and the solution but the sugar can’t because the molecules are too big to pass through the membrane. The water will move between the solution and the potato. If the net movement of water is from the potato then the potato will decrease in mass, it will also become flaccid. If the net movement of water is from the solution then the potato will increase in mass and become turgid. This is because the vacuole pushes
of water molecules causes the cells to become either turgid, which is when the cells are filled with water, or flaccid, which is when the cells are 'limp' with little water. Aim To find the concentration of sucrose in cells of carrot and potato. Osmosis When a substance such as sugar dissolves in water, the sugar molecules attract some of the water molecules and they stick to the sugar molecules. This means that there are fewer free water molecules in the solution. When two different
Osmosis Experiment Planning Aim: The main subject that I will be planning to investigate is the effects of a concentrated sucrose solution on potato cells on the basis of the Osmosis theory. Background knowledge: The plant cell and its structure To understand osmosis in detail I will need to explain the plant cell (which is the cell included in the osmosis experiment) and its cell membrane. Below I have a diagram of a plant cell: [IMAGE] Osmosis is about
The Concentration of Sugar in the Cell Sap of a Potato Cell's Vacuole Plan In this experiment I am intending to investigate the concentration of sugar in the cell sap of a potato-cell's vacuole. I will discover this using my knowledge of the biological process of Osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of solvent (usually water) through a semi-permeable membrane separating solutions of different concentrations
are placed in concentrated sugar solutions, they lose water by osmosis and become "flaccid." This is exact opposite of "turgid". The contents of the potato cells shrink and pulls away from the cell wall. These cells are said to be “plasmolysed”. In my experiment, I will analyse the effect of various concentrations of sugar solution on the potato slices and will use the following equipment: Equipment and Materials: · Dried potatoes. · Kitchen knife. · Ruler. · Test tube rack.