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Potato Osmosis Lab Report
Potato Osmosis Lab Report
Therefore the space between the cellulose cell wall and the cytoplasm became filled
with sucrose solution. This is because there was a higher concentration of solution
on the outside of the cell, so the water molecules diffused out of the cell through
the selectively permeable membrane. The higher the concentration, the more
plasmolysed the cell becomes and my results show this. The 0M bathing solutions in
both experiments caused the potato cells to become slightly turgid, this means that
there was a higher concentration of solution on the inside of the cell. So the
water molecules diffused into the cell through the selectively permeable membrane.
The rate of water loss decreases as the concentration increases because; as the
cell becomes more plasmolysed it cannot lose as much water. Therefore it shrinks
until no more water molecules can diffuse out of the cell.
Conclusion
Even though some of my results may not have shown this in the best possible way, it
can be seen from my corrected results that this was true of my