osmosis potato practical

Question 1

how do you observe the effect of sugar solutions on plant tissue

Answer 1

SPARP
• slice potato into identical cylinders and record starting mass
• place in beakers of varied sugar concentration (one pure water)
• after 24 hours, dab gently with paper towel and measure
• record. if mass increased, water drawn in. vice versa.
• plot. find percentage change and plot graph