MODELING OSMOSIS (LAB) PROBLEM: Which way will water flow when a raw egg is placed in 250ml of vinegar?

HYPOTHESIS: If a raw egg is placed in vinegar (water) and left for four days, then the water will flow into the egg from an area of high concentration through the membrane to area of low concentration causing the egg to expand. THEORY: Osmosis is the diffusion of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration across a selectively permeable membrane. When the vinegar and the eggshell made contact, the eggshell dissolved revealing the semi permeable membrane. 95% of vinegar is water and 74% percent of an egg is water. That means that the water is more concentrated in the vinegar than in the egg. Therefore, the water molecules will flow into the egg through the selectively permeable membrane. PROCEDURE: 1. Measure circumference of a raw egg using string and a ruler in cm. 2. Place egg in beaker and fill with 250 mL of vinegar. 3. Record observations. 4. Measure circumference for 4 days and record observations. DATA/OBSERVATIONS: DAYS 1 CIRCUMFERENCE (cm) 13 LIQUID LEVEL (ml) 300 OBSERVATIONS 50mls displaced Bubbles on the surface of the egg Shell is gone Rubbery outside Squishy Yellow Covered in foam 50mls displaced shell bits

15.5

300-210

16

250-200

TOTAL EXPANSION GROUP # = 3.0cm AVERAGE EXPANSION CLASS = 3.0cm AVERAGE EXPANSION (7th GRADE)= 2.7cm

Scharf, Julia

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OSMOSIS: EXPANDING EGG

16.5 16 15.5 15 14.5 14 13.5 13 12.5 12 16 15.5 CIRCUMFERENCE cm

13

CIRCUMFRENCE cm

2 DAYS MEASURED

GRAPH

AVERAGE EXPANSION COMPARISON

AVERAGE EXPANSION cm 3.1 3 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 GROUP 7 PERIOD 4 7TH GRADE 2.7 AVERAGE EXPANSION cm 3 3

CONCLUSION: In this lab we tested the effects of osmosis. The water molecules in the vinegar moved from an area of high concentration across a selectively permeable membrane into the egg, which had lower concentration. Our groups egg expanded a total of 3.0cm over four days, compared to the overall 7th average, which was 2.7cm. I hypothesized that the water molecules would flow from the vinegar into the egg across a. My hypothesis was correct.

Scharf, Julia

Friday, October 11, 2013 11:05:52 AM Pacic Daylight Time

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ANALYSIS

1: When the weak acid that was in the vinegar combined with the calcium carbonate in the eggshell, a chemical reaction occurred and caused the eggshell to dissolve revealing the selectively permeable membrane. 2: The difference in expansion was 3.5cm. There were multiple reasons as to why the data for the groups were different. One was that because there were different types of beakers, one egg maybe have been completely submerged in vinegar while the other wasnt. Also one, or both, of the groups could have measured the circumference wrong using the string. 3: Cells need water to stay the right temperature, keep their size and shape, cause chemical reactions, delude chemicals, and also to carry things around the cells.

Scharf, Julia

Friday, October 11, 2013 11:05:52 AM Pacic Daylight Time

70:56:81:a9:71:85