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    cube’s mass change if put in a mixture of Glucose and Salient together vs a potato cube just being put into a solution with Glucose or Salient. 3. Background Information: Diffusion is where particles move from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration. Osmosis is the diffusion of water. Glucose (sugar) will not diffuse as much as Salient because there is already sugar inside of the potato so not as much water be affected by diffusion. Salient

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    What Is Osmosis?

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    By definition, osmosis is the process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one, thus equalizing the concentrations on each side of the membrane. In other words, osmosis is the dissemination of water through a particular absorbing membrane from a higher focus to a lower fixation. There are a wide range of components that can influence the rate of osmosis, for example, temperature, molecule measure,

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    Osmosis Lab

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    Hannah Niehaus Bio Lab 111 W 1-4:50 Valerie Sponyoe Increased Sugar Concentration Increases Rate of Osmosis Introduction: Osmosis is a critical process of life in which water diffuses across a semipermeable membrane from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration. Osmosis is a type of passive transport, in which no additional energy is needed for a solution to reach equilibrium. In order for osmosis to occur there must be a selectively permeable membrane that allows the

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    Egg Osmosis Lab Report

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    Introduction: Osmosis is the movement of water from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated solution through a semipermeable membrane because it is active transport, thus going against the concentration gradient.1 This process was initially thoroughly studied 1877 by German plant physiologist, Wilhelm Pfeffer.2. For Osmosis to occur, it requires two solutions with different concentrations and a partially permeable membrane to separate them. Since the water diffuses towards the more concentrated

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    Introduction In the lab students studied Diffusion and Osmosis. For this lab Their job was to investigate solutions with different substances like glucose, starch and I2KI to see if they would be able to pass through the membrane. Here is some background information on the different meanings and definitions for this chapter. To start with Diffusion is the physical process in which molecules that move from an area where it is in high concentration to one where the concentration is lower. Furthermore

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    solute that can be dissolved in the solvent until it reaches equilibrium -when the solution reaches equilibrium, there can be no more solute added to the solvent: it won 't dissolve anymore, it will just rest at the bottom as residue -the chemical formula of salt is NaCI -1 ATM is standard air pressure for earth -the unit for solubility of water it for ex: 357.00 g/L -when the solubility is put in the solvent, the solution reaches equilibrium -every chemical substance has a fixed solubility -if something

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    Gummy Bear Lab Report

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    trying to see how different solutions varying in pH levels will affect the shape and weight of gummy bears. The main ingredient in most gummy bears is gelatin. Gelatin is a collagen. It is derived from animals such as pig skin, cow skin or bones. In the United States, gummy bears are made of gelatin. In other parts of the world where eating pork is not accepted, gummy bears are made with a substitute of gelatin. Some ingredients used to make gummy bears include sugar, citric acid, gelatin, starch

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    Potato Osmosis Lab Report

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    sucrose solutions (0M, 0.2M, 0.4M, 0.6M, 0.8M, 1M) affect the mass of potato cores when in sucrose solution? Background information: Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a membrane to create an equilibrium between the levels of concentration of a solute both inside and outside the cell. In this case the solute will be sugar as the potato core will be immersed in sucrose solution. There are 3 potential states that the cell could be in depending on the type of solution: Either the solution is hypotonic

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    Potato Osmolarity Lab

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    Estimating the osmolarity of potato tissues by immersing potato rectangles RQ: How will the weight of potato tubers immersed into sucrose solutions with different change after 24 hours? Osmosis is the remaining action of water across a semipermable membrane from an area with low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration. Osmosis is for instance an important process, which often happens at the same time that solutes transport or diffuse. Hypotonic, hypertonic and isotonic are

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    Concentrations of Salt Solutions Introduction: Osmosis is the movement of water molecules across a partially permeable membrane from a region of high water potential to a region of low water potential. It can be affected by several different variables including concentration of salt solutions. When a plant cell is put in pure water it will become turgid and it will not burst due to the presence of a cell wall and a large permanent vacuole and when it is put in a concentrated solution it will be plasmolysed

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