Osmosis Report

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OSMOSIS REPORT INTRODUCTION In osmosis, water moves from a lower concentration into a higher concentration, therefore balancing the water out in both concentrations making them isotonic. In this lab we had to figure out, how different concentrations of sucrose will affect the rate of osmosis? In order to answer the question above we had to prove whether the hypothesis was true or not. If sucrose concentration increases in the selectively permeable baggy, then the rate of osmosis will increase. MATERIALS AND METHODS In order to prove the hypothesis we needed to get materials together and follow a step by step procedure. First we grabbed four baggies and tied one end shut; we filled three baggies half way with .25M of sucrose solution, another with .50M and the third with .75M. The fourth baggy was filled with distilled water which made it our control group, all baggies had their loose ends tied hard. Once that was done we filled four beakers with about 15cml of distilled water. We then rinsed and dried each baggy. So after drying we weighed each baggy then put them into their appropriate beaker. After 35 minutes had passed we took the baggies out one by one from the beaker and weighed them again. We then plugged our before and after weights into the formula, final weight over initial weight times 100 to find out the rate of osmosis. RESULTS The attached trend line indicates 100% initial weight gain for 0M sucrose concentration, 108% initial weight gain for 0.25M sucrose concentration, 115% initial weight gain for 0.5M sucrose concentration, and 123% initial weight for 0.75M sucrose concentration. For the class raw data at 0M the range of % initial weight gain was 98-102%. There were two values of 100%, two values of 101%, one value of 102% and one of 98% initial weight gain. At 0.25M, the range of % initial weight gain was 107% - 118%. There was one 107%,

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