Summary:
An overview of an experiment to determine the effects of osmosis on plant cells, through investigating potato chips in different concentrations of salt. The intent was to test the hypothesis that predict that when the potato chips are placed into different beakers that have different concentrations of salt solution, the osmosis will take place at a different rate.
Osmosis
Aim
The aim of my investigation is to find out how osmosis affects plant cells. I will be doing this investigation on potato chips in different concentrations of salt. From this investigation, I would like to know whether the concentration of the solution affects the rate of osmosis. I will use one molar salt solution in my experiment.
Definition
What is osmosis? Osmosis is a special a special type of diffusion of water particles. They move from a region of a higher concentration towards a region of lower concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. This membrane is porous and therefore allows small molecules such as water and glucose to pass through it but it disallows larger molecules such as sucrose and starch to pass through it. The small molecules move to the higher concentrated region until both sides of the.....
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