Osmosis required practical

Question 1

What is the first step of this practical?

Answer 1

Cut a potato into identical cylinders and get beakers with different solutions in them- one should be pure water and one should be a sugared down solution- there could be a few others between the concentration of 0.2,0.4,0.6

Question 2

What is the second step within this practical?

Answer 2

Measure the mass of the cylinders, leave one cylinder in each beaker for 24 hours also

Question 3

Third step of this practical?

Answer 3

Take cylinders out and dry them with a paper tower and measure their masses again

Question 4

What is the fourth step of this practical?

Answer 4

If the cylinders have drawn in water by osmosis they would have increased in mass- if water has been drawn out they would have decreased in mass

Question 5

Dependent variable?

Answer 5

chip mass

Question 6

Independent variable?

Answer 6

Concentration of the sugar solution

Question 7

What should the other variables do?

Answer 7

Be kept the same

Question 8

How can you reduce the errors within the practical?

Answer 8

You should be able to repeat the practical