GCSE Biology: Osmosis in a Potato Aim To investigate the effect of placing a piece of potato in a given strength of sugar solution. Prediction I predict that‚ as the solution becomes more concentrated the more the cell will shrink‚ as the water‚ of higher concentration inside the potato cells‚ flows down a concentration gradient into the solution‚ which has a lower concentration of water molecules. If we say that the percentage change when the potato is placed in the 1M solution is x%. I predict
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tQUESTIONNAIRE 1) Do you like to eat potato chips? Yes No 2) Which brands of potato chips are you aware of? ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ if anymore please mention____________________________ 3) Which Brand in potato chips do you eat? Lays Balaji Wafers Bingo Pringles Uncle chips 4) What do you like in the brand of potato chips which you eat? _________
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concentration to an area of low concentration across a semi permeable membrane. An osmotic system is established when a semi-permeable membrane is placed between two solutions. In this biological systems context‚ osmosis is the exchange of water between the potato cell and the surrounding medium of varying sucrose concentrated solutions‚ with the plasma membrane being the semi- permeable membrane. Because water molecules have kinetic energy‚ they are constantly moving around in gaseous or liquid form‚ moving
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even though the poet and his mother are having a good time peeling potatoes‚ his mother is ill and they are brought to their senses that the happy times will soon be brought to an end. 2. The potato is an important symbol in Ireland because of its value as a food staple and reminder of the terrible potato famine in the 19th century. What personal symbolic value does it have in this poem? In this poem the potatoe is a symbol of time shared with the poets mother‚ time when it is just him and his
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AP Biology Osmosis and Diffusion Lab I. Introduction: Diffusion is vital to many life functions of a cell‚ it allow the transportation of vitally important nutrients and compounds without the expenditure of excess metabolic energy. To explain diffusion‚ it is as if a bottle of perfume is opened at one end of the room‚ then in a short amount of time a person at the other end of the room can detect the scent of the perfume; this is the process of diffusion. Diffusion is a movement from a higher
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Observing Osmosis in Potato Cells Planning Purpose: To observe the effect of osmosis on plant cells. Hypothesis: The higher the salt content of the water‚ the lower the mass of the potato. Variables: Independent: the salt percentage of the solution Dependent: the weight of the potato in grams Controlled: the amount of water the length of time between measurements the method of measuring the type of plant cells tested Equipment: (as seen on 2A Human Biology task sheet)
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DATE: 21.08.2013 TITLE: Transport across membrane OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of concentration of blackcurrant squash on osmosis in chipped potatoes. 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
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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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Introduction In this experiment I am going to investigate the effect of varying concentration of a differing glucose solution on the amount of osmotic activity‚ between the solution and a potato tuber of a given size. The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate how living cells rely on osmosis‚ the diffusion of water. Osmosis is the movement of water molecules (H20) from a region in which they are highly concentrated to a region in which they are less concentrated. This movement must
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Simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion both _______. move solutes with their concentration gradient Which of the following would decrease the rate of facilitated diffusion? decreasing the number of carrier proteins What happens to facilitated diffusion when the protein carriers become saturated? The maximum rate of transport will occur. What happened when sodium chloride was added as a solute in the left beaker? There was no change in the transport rate of glucose. Which of the following
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