Destiny Mckenzie
Teresa Elam, Emily Meyers,Carlee Brogdon
The Replication of Osmosis in Cells
Introduction:
The differences between osmosis and diffusion is slight, but osmosis is the movement of water molecules from high concentration to low concentration, when diffusion is necessarily the same concept albeit without water molecules.Osmosis and Diffusion occur to achieve equilibrium in the cell; to maintain the cell’s homeostasis.Within the experiment two types of solutions were present: Hypotonic and Hypertonic. Hypotonic is when the higher concentration lies in the actual cell than in the fluid surrounding it, which allows the molecules to diffuse into the cell causing the cell to swell. Hypertonic solutions however, are when cells …show more content…
The distilled water was needless to say a hypertonic solution because more molecules lay outside of the potato, while the saltwater was naturally hypotonic because of the higher concentration in it. The Tap Water solution, however was the oddball of the three, Tap water is dependent on the location and quality of your water meaning it could've been hypotonic or hypertonic. In this experiment the potato was used to model a cell experiencing osmosis, like a cell, the potato will let really small particles inside of it but without manipulation the potato will not let larger things move through it. Cells use osmosis to move things through their membrane, unlike a potato cells will also let non-polar substances to move through it. This experiment could’ve been compromised by the integrity of the beakers, whether they were cleaned, how well they were cleaned, and if there was residue of some sort left over in the beaker. This experiment could’ve been improved by doing multiple tests to see if the results were
Teresa Elam, Emily Meyers,Carlee Brogdon
The Replication of Osmosis in Cells
Introduction:
The differences between osmosis and diffusion is slight, but osmosis is the movement of water molecules from high concentration to low concentration, when diffusion is necessarily the same concept albeit without water molecules.Osmosis and Diffusion occur to achieve equilibrium in the cell; to maintain the cell’s homeostasis.Within the experiment two types of solutions were present: Hypotonic and Hypertonic. Hypotonic is when the higher concentration lies in the actual cell than in the fluid surrounding it, which allows the molecules to diffuse into the cell causing the cell to swell. Hypertonic solutions however, are when cells …show more content…
The distilled water was needless to say a hypertonic solution because more molecules lay outside of the potato, while the saltwater was naturally hypotonic because of the higher concentration in it. The Tap Water solution, however was the oddball of the three, Tap water is dependent on the location and quality of your water meaning it could've been hypotonic or hypertonic. In this experiment the potato was used to model a cell experiencing osmosis, like a cell, the potato will let really small particles inside of it but without manipulation the potato will not let larger things move through it. Cells use osmosis to move things through their membrane, unlike a potato cells will also let non-polar substances to move through it. This experiment could’ve been compromised by the integrity of the beakers, whether they were cleaned, how well they were cleaned, and if there was residue of some sort left over in the beaker. This experiment could’ve been improved by doing multiple tests to see if the results were