Potato Experiment Essay

Cecilia Wong Nature of the task and the research question: Two centimetre piece of potato is bathes into different salt solutions (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 25%, 35%) over a period of time, to determine the effect of different salt solutions on osmosis. To investigate the effect of increasing the concentration of sodium chloride (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 25%, 35%) on the process of osmosis, by calculating the mass change of the potato core (g, ±0.01g) at room temperate of lab (25.0˚C) Table 1: Raw data Table…

The Portrait of Luther Burbank Do you know russet potato derives its name from Luther Burbank? The russet potato is one of Burbank creations, and is the most used potato by the MacDonald’s restaurants. The Portrait of Luther Burbank by Frida Kahlo, is a painting of oil and Masonite created during 1931, this portrait was inspired in the scientist and horticulturist Luther Burbank whom Kahlo represented as one of his own experiments. This Frida Kahlo’s painting shows a man whose feet are a tree…

) and Potato (Solanum tuberosum, L.) are the most economically important vegetable crops in Egypt and the most widely grown vegetables in the world. The disturbance of its production affects severely it's local and export impact, because it is considered a very important consumption crop with high nutritional value and a potential export crop for the Egyptian farmers. In Egypt about 20% of total area devoted for vegetable production is cultivated with potato. The cultivated area of potato…

Potato or scientifically named as Solanum tuberosum is a raw ingredient that contains high in enzyme polyphenol oxidase (Faisal. S et.al, 2013) which influence in the oxidative activity when the potatoes are cut causing it to become brown in color (Vitti M.C et. al, 2011). Potatoes are not encouraged to be sun-dried as the slow process of removal of water will induce the growth of fungal on the food's surface (Faisal. S et.al, 2013). Blanching treatments or osmotic dehydration method where…

The results shown in Figure 2 express how controlled plants have a higher quantum yield average than chilled plants from the beginning of the experiment and towards the end. The control treatment exhibited a decrease in the amount light absorbed by photosystem II used in photochemistry over between 0 minutes to 50 minutes, with values of 0.271 and 0.211 respectively. After 50 minutes, the control…

While the Great famine could not have happened without the failure of the potato crop – something beyond the control of the British Government- their subsequent response, or there lack of, to the crisis greatly contributed to the devastation caused by the blight. As evidenced by Tony Blair’s 1997 apology to the Irish people, the British Government’s policies during the Great Famine toward a country it was, on paper at least, in union with, were unforgivable. Although the Conservative government…

emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%. [2] The famine was caused by a potato disease commonly known as potato blight, which wasted many potato crops all around Europe. However, its main affection was on Ireland because as I mentioned before most of them were farmers and about one third of the population was dependent on the potato for a range of ethnic, religious, political, social, and economic reasons which all lead to the disaster. Going back…

bluegills with potatoes. He knew if he did not play tomorrow, this would be his last meal with his family. Therefore, he decided to make the most of it. He indulged in a whole crockpot worth of cheesy potatoes, two plates filled to the brim of sweet potato fries, and finally a whole package of 20 or more bluegill fillets. Unfortunately, after the meal he felt miserable. His stomach ached, and he knew tomorrow morning would come with a rude…

to the United States. According to Country Meters, and World Meters, the current population of Ireland is 4,824,604. While the United States is 325,127634, making the U.S. population over 300,000,000 times larger than Ireland’s. Also, detailed in Potato Goodness, potatoes were originally introduced…

Stanley Fish wrote Getting Coffee Is Hard to Do, to talk about how hard it is to get a cup of coffee today. It used to be that when you wanted a cup of coffee you went into a nondescript place fitted out largely in linoleum, Formica, and neon, sat down at a counter, and, in response to a brisk “What’ll you have, dear?” said, “Coffee and a cheese Danish.” Twenty seconds later, tops, they arrived, just as you were settling into the sports page (Fish, n.d.). He then continues on to say how the…