Potato Batteries: Veggie power! Data and Analysis Background The battery was invented around 1800 by Alessandro Volta in Italy. It has become an indispensable part of modern life. Why are batteries so useful? Because they convert chemical energy into electrical energy. You can use this electrical energy to light a flashlight‚ to start a car‚ or to listen to your favorite music. We made a simple battery out of a potato by placing in it a zinc strip and a copper strip. At the zinc strip‚ the
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Osmosis in Potato Tissue Experiment Background Information Osmosis can be defined as the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane from a region of high water concentration to a region of low water concentration. The semi-permeable membrane allows small particles through it but does not allow large particles such as sodium chloride. Osmosis will continue until a state of equilibrium is reached i.e. there is no area with a higher or lower concentration than another area
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digital clock * multi meter Procedure 1. Cut the potato in half and place them next to each other‚ flat face down on a plate 2. Connect one end of the white wire to one of the nails and then place the nail into one half of the potato. 3. Connect the other end of the white wire to the battery holder inside the digital clock. 4. Connect one of the pennies to one end of the black wire then put the penny into the same half of the potato as the nail with the connected to it. 5. Connect
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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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populations. The Irish potato clones were certainly low on genetic variation‚ so when the environment changed and a potato disease swept through the country in the 1840s‚ the potatoes (and the people who depended upon them) were devastated.Thesis: The Irish Potato Famine devastated the Irish population and economy as well as sowing the seeds of rebellion against England. 1st Point: Ireland dependent on potato • Families spent most time on cash crops to pay rent • Potato easy to grow‚ nutricious
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High Costs for Cutting Education: Opposing the CSU Budget Cuts I. Introduction It is no secret that California’s state university system is facing cuts across the board as a result of tough economic times. Those who approve of these cuts have valid arguments but fail to look at the negative results from lowering funds for higher education. There will be an increase in people within the lower income earners as a result of these cuts. High school graduates with the potential to attend a university
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Just below the surface The story is written by Kate Nivison and takes place in a London suburb in an upper class environment (p. 41‚ l. 14) in modern time (p. 42‚ l. 23). It is a first person narrator so we sympathize with Indrani. Indrani: * Is an Indian woman (p. 42‚ l. 37) * Is education‚ but not highly educated * She is very bigoted (p. 42‚ p. 29-30) * She thinks the British people are xenophobic (the woman in the shop and the men from the council‚ p. 43‚ l. 15) *
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Osmosis was clearly shown since the potato cylinders decreased or increased at different concentrations of sucrose. The results supported my hypothesis because for the 0.0 sucrose concentration the average percent change in mass was 16.9%. For the 0.2 concentration the percent change was 3
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because the high amount of salt causes more dehydration. Variables: Independent- Salt Solution Dependent- Mass of Potato Control- Tap Water Materials: •Tap Water (50 ml for each cup) •Salt •Beaker •3 cups •3 pieces of potato •Scale Procedure: Step 1: Gather Materials. Step 2: Weigh each potato separately on the scale and record weight in grams on table. Step 3: Put each potato in a separate cup and add 50 ml of water to each cup‚ measure with beaker. Step 4: To create the 40% salt solution
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water either into the potato cells or out of the potato cells. In the 0.400M solution‚ the potato decreased in mass‚ this was due to the reason that the solution was hypertonic. There was a higher concentration of solute and lower concentration of water in the solution than there was in the potato cells. This led the water to travel down its concentration gradient‚ which was from a higher concentration (in the cell) to a lower concentration (in the solution)‚ which meant the potato cells lost water‚
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