POTATO OSMOSIS (LABORATORY EXPERIMENTATION) MATERIALS: Small basin 2 medium size potatoes (fresh) Table salt Sugar Distilled water (Wilkins or H2Zero) PROCEDURE: A. POTATOES Cut the potatoes to half, making 4 pcs of potatoes Cook one of the half potatoes and set aside the 3 other potatoes Label the cooked potato as letter B. MAKING A CAVITY Make a cavity of each half potato Label the raw potato as A B and C In potato A place salt on the cavity In potato B place sugar in the cavity Leave the potato C empty. Place sugar on the cavity of potato D C. POTATO OSMOSIS - Place distilled water in the basin and arranged the potatoes inside the basin.  Leave it for 1hr. Observe after an hour. Do not mind the color of the potato. QUESTIONS: 1. What is your observation from potato A to D? 2. What can you conclude by comparing potato A and potato B? 3. What can you conclude by comparing potato A and potato C?

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POTATO OSMOSIS (LABORATORY EXPERIMENTATION)

MATERIALS:

  • Small basin
  • 2 medium size potatoes (fresh)
  • Table salt
  • Sugar
  • Distilled water (Wilkins or H2Zero)

PROCEDURE:

A. POTATOES

  • Cut the potatoes to half, making 4 pcs of potatoes
  • Cook one of the half potatoes and set aside the 3 other potatoes
  • Label the cooked potato as letter

B. MAKING A CAVITY

    • Make a cavity of each half potato
    • Label the raw potato as A B and C
    • In potato A place salt on the cavity
    • In potato B place sugar in the cavity
    • Leave the potato C empty.
    • Place sugar on the cavity of potato D

C. POTATO OSMOSIS

- Place distilled water in the basin and arranged the potatoes inside the basin.  Leave it for 1hr. Observe after an hour. Do not mind the color of the potato.

QUESTIONS:

1. What is your observation from potato A to D?

2. What can you conclude by comparing potato A and potato B?

3. What can you conclude by comparing potato A and potato C?

 

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