Osmosis and water potential Aim of the experiment: Finding the water potential of potato. Biological principles: Independent variable: concentration of the solution. Dependent variable: percentage changed in weight of the potato strips. Controlled variable: size of the potato strips‚ it can be controlled by cutting the length of the strips. Procedure: Table 1. Concentration of sucrose solution table Concentration/ M | Sucrose Solution/ ml | Distilled Water/ ml |
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Investigating the Water Potential of a Potato. I have been asked to investigate the water potential of a potato. During my investigation I will not actually be able to measure a value for‚ as it is a pressure value (kPa). Osmosis is a special form of diffusion involving only water molecules. It is defined as "The passage of water from a region of high water potential to a region of low water potential through a partially permeable membrane" Definition of Water Potential. The potential for water to move
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Aim: What is the effect of changes in sucrose concentrations on the water potential of potato cells? Raw Data: Suscrose concentration (0.00M) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Change in mass (g) (+/-0.1g) 0.04 0.19 0.10 -0.27 Change in length (mm) (+/- 0.1mm) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 Suscrose concentration (0.10M) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Change in mass (g) (+/-0.1g) 0.29 0.44 0.22 0.08 Change in length (mm) (+/- 0.1mm) 1.10 0.30 0.30 0.70
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Investigating the water potential of a potato Aim Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from a region of high water concentration to a low water concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. Our aim is to investigate the water potential of a potato through osmosis‚ by finding the difference in weight before and after the potato has been set in a solution of water‚ sugar or salt. Trial Method Firstly we collected the equipment. This included a scalpel‚ potato cutter‚ and test tubes. Then
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Investigating the Water Potential Of Potato Cells Aims 1. To test how water potential‚ in a solution‚ affects the movement of water in and out of a cell by osmosis Prediction I predict that by increasing the water potential around the outside of the potato cell‚ (i.e. so that the water potential is greater outside the cell compared to the inside of the cell e.g. 0m sucrose) that the net movement of water into the cell will increase. This is due to the water potential being greater outside the cell
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Water Potential Teacher: What is the formula for water? Student: H‚ I‚ J‚ K‚ L‚ M‚ N‚ O Teacher: That’s not what I taught you. Student: But you said the formula for water was...H to O. Prepared by Lower concentration of solute Water potential – the ability of water move out of the solution through osmosis. Solute molecule Equal concentration of solute Higher concentration of solute H2O Selectively permeable membrane Water molecule Solute molecule with cluster of water molecules Net flow
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investigation to find the water potential of potato and carrot tubers in a sucrose solution‚ of concentration 0.00 – 0.50Mol‚ over a 24 hour period Interpretation Written Communication C1 From our graph it can be seen that the concentration of sucrose solution is 0.18 M at 0% change in mass for the potato and 0.355 M at 0% change in mass for the carrot. I will use these values to find the solute potential by using the calibration graph. I will work out the water potential by using the equation
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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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2 November 2014 Carrots Carrot is a root vegetable. They are usually orange in color. Other colors such as purple‚ red‚ white‚ and yellow varieties exist too. They have a crisp texture when fresh. The cultivated featheryleaved plant of the parsley family yields this vegetable. The domesticated carrot that we know today originated from the wild carrot called Daucus carota which was native to Europe and south western Asia
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