Osmosis Lab Report by Evan Gerber Claire Cambron First Lab Report Wednesday 10:30am February 20‚ 2013 Theresa Gburek Abstract The major objective of the experiment was to test the effect of the concentration gradient on the diffusion rate. It was hypothesized that the greater the stronger the concentration gradient‚ the faster the rate of diffusion would be. To test this‚ dialysis tubes were submerged in different concentration fructose solutions. We weighed the tubes at specific
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Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability: Activity 4: Simulating Filtration Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. Filtration is a process that You correctly answered: c. is passive. 2. Filtration is dependent upon a You correctly answered: b. hydrostatic pressure gradient. 3. The filtrate You correctly answered: d. All of these answers are correct. 4. An important place that filtration takes place in the body is in You correctly
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Osmosis of Sucrose Solutions of Different Molarities Through Dialysis Tubing (a Semi-Permeable Membrane) I. DESIGN A. PROBLEM/RESEARCH QUESTION 1. How does increasing molarity of sucrose affect osmosis through dialysis tubing? B. VARIABLES 1. The independent variable in this lab is the molarity of sucrose each dialysis bag is filled with. The time (30 minutes)‚ the temperature (23C) and the type of dialysis tubing used are all constants. 2. The dependent
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Kean Gerard Sumayo Experiment 1 APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL CONCEPTS IN THE DETERMINATION OF WEIGHT VARIATION IN SAMPLES I. OBJECTIVES 1. To determine the use of the different statistical concepts 2. To perform the proper applications of the statistical methods/ concepts on determining the weight variations of samples II. RESULTS and DISCUSSIONS A. Weight of Samples Ten 1-peso coins were used as samples for this experiment and were weighed carefully
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EXPERIMENT 1: THE HEAT CAPACITY RATIO FRANK KAYEYE 100886802 Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to calculate the heat capacity ratio γ for three gases find in three different classes. The three different gases and their classes are; helium which is classified as a monatomic gas‚ nitrogen which
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Iso-osmolar Concentration of Carrot Cells Lab INTRODUCTION For a more thorough understanding of this lab introduction‚ the concepts of‚ iso osmolar‚ membrane‚ equilibrium‚ and concentration gradient evaluated. Iso osmolar can be known as the point in which the substance of experimentation faces no change despite the amount of solute inside the solvent( because the solvent and solute concentration is equal. This is where the line on a graph would cross on the x-axis). Selectively permeable membrane can
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Abstract The purpose of this experiment was to test different solute concentrations on the rate of osmosis. Artificial cells were filled with different solute concentrations and placed in water and weighed at equal time intervals to show how the water moves across cell membranes and down its concentration gradient into the lower concentrated area. The weights of the cells were recorded each interval‚ and then the rate of osmosis was found by calculating the corrected cumulative change in weight
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temperature on the permeability of cell membranes Introduction For my coursework‚ I intend to assess how temperature affects the plasma membrane of a cell. For this I will use the cell of a beetroot. Background What is a cell membrane? The cell membrane‚ also called the plasma membrane is a semipermeable lipid bilayer which is the surface of all cells that surrounds the cytoplasm. The membrane is called a bilayer as it has a double layer of phospholipids. Within the cell membrane there are many
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across the cell membrane and the cell. The movements within a cell are called Diffusion. When molecules move across a cell membrane it is known as Osmosis. Diffusion is the process by which molecules of a substance move from areas of higher concentration of that substance to areas of lower concentration. Diffusion can be the transfer of anything anywhere. However‚ that is not true for osmosis. Osmosis is diffusion‚ but a specific type of diffusion. Osmosis is only the diffusion of water molecules
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1. Provide aim and background information 1.1 Diffusion is the process which molecules dissipate into a solution evenly over a period of time. An example is putting sugar in your coffee‚ after a while if you don ’t mix the solution‚ the sucrose will over time‚ go through the process of diffusion and be distributed throughout the coffee. Osmosis is movement of H2O molecules passing through a permeable cell membrane to the less concentrated solution‚ eventually to reach an equivalent number of molecules
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