What can you conclude by comparing potato A and potato D? 2. The liquid in the cavity of some potatoes came from where? 3. What is your conclusion about the experiment?

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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 can you conclude by comparing potato A and potato D?

2. The liquid in the cavity of some potatoes came from where?

3. What is your conclusion about the experiment?

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