Osmosis and Water Potential Year 11 Emary Venter INTRODUCTION: The cell is the basic unit of living things‚ and is made up of multiple organelles. Organelles are membrane bound subdivisions‚ each specialised for a specific function. This experiment looks at the Plasma Membrane‚ which is a semipermeable layer surrounding the cell. It’s primary job is to control what goes in and out of the cell. Molecules can move across this membrane in either an active movement or a passive movement
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Abstract: Water potential is the measure of free energy of water in a solution. The purpose of this lab was to find the water potential of a potato cell. The problem of this lab was‚ if there was a high molarity of solute‚ would it have a positive or negative water potential? The hypothesis of the experiment was‚ if there is a high molarity of solute then the water potential would be lower or negative. After obtaining potatoes‚ we cut them into pieces‚ weighed them‚ and then placed them in a solution
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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 take place across a partially permeable membrane such as a cell wall‚ which lets smaller molecules‚ such as water‚ through but does not allow bigger molecules
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Aim: To investigate the effect to the potato cells in the different solute concentration water Introduction; Water can move through the different cells due to the difference of water potentials in the cells. If there is a higher solute concentration in the cell than outside the cell‚ the water will move into the cell. However‚ if the concentration of inside the cell is lower than the outside‚ water will not move into the cell. This process is called osmosis. Research question; This investigation
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concentration (mole/dm3 (M)) of solute in a potato cell by using the process of osmosis and different concentrations of sucrose solution. Background information Osmosis is diffusion of water across a partially permeable membrane. It moves from a solution with less solute concentration (high water potential) to a solution with more solute concentration (low water potential). The one with a high water concentration is called a hypotonic solution and the low water concentration is called hypertonic solution
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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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requiring no energy. Many of the substances that enter or leave the cell do so through diffusion. Osmosis‚ a type of diffusion‚ is the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane. In osmosis‚ water diffuses across the area of lower solute concentration to that of higher solute concentration until the solute concentrations of the environment and the cell are equal. Tonicity‚ which is the ability of a solution to gain or lose water due to osmosis‚ results in an environment that is isotonic‚
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4000310515center095000420003263900175001760220OSMOSIS IN POTATO CELLS 450000OSMOSIS IN POTATO CELLS 42672007972425Aruna DhungelbIOLOGY 2A OCTOBER-28-14 00Aruna DhungelbIOLOGY 2A OCTOBER-28-14 Osmosis in Potato Cells Aruna Dhungel Biology 2A October 28 2014 Purpose: To see how much osmosis or diffusion will occurs in potato cell based on the concentration of molarity. Procedure: Obtained 3 cups and label A‚ B‚ and C To cup A added 150ml H2O and 8.775gNaCl (stirred
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Measuring the Water Status of Potato Tubers Objectives: Upon completion of this laboratory you should be able to: 1. determine the water potential of a plant tissue by the Chardokov and gravimetric techniques and understand the underlying theory. 2. determine the osmotic potential of a plant extract by the freezing point depression method and understand the underlying theory. 3. describe techniques for measuring the pressure potential of a plant tissue. 4. describe techniques for measuring
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eInvestigating water potential of swede The aim of our experiment was to investigate the water potential of swede and then use our results to help us determine the water potential of plant tissue. This overall flow of water from a dilute area of high water potential to a more concentrated solution of low water potential across a partially permeable membrane is called osmosis. I predicted that the swede cylinders which are put in a test tube with a low potential of sucrose solution would become
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