Consider a raw potato that has been carved out, and placed within a petri dish as shown in the figure below. The scooped out part of the potato contains 40% sugar solution and the petri dish contains 20% sugar solution.
What will happen to the level of the 40% sugar solution within the potato? What process is involved here?
Consider a raw potato that has been carved out, and placed within a petri dish as shown in the figure below. The scooped out part of the potato contains 40% sugar solution and the petri dish contains 20% sugar solution.
What will happen to the level of the 40% sugar solution within the potato? What process is involved here?
The correct option is B The level will rise because of osmosis
20% sugar solution would mean 80% water, while 40% sugar solution would mean 60% water. This would meant that there is a higher concentration of water in the petri dish, and therefore, water would move into the potato, thereby causing the level of the water in the scooped out portion to rise. Since it is the movement of water molecules through the cell membrane (which is semipermeable, the process involved would be osmosis.
The level will rise because of osmosis
20% sugar solution would mean 80% water, while 40% sugar solution would mean 60% water. This would meant that there is a higher concentration of water in the petri dish, and therefore, water would move into the potato, thereby causing the level of the water in the scooped out portion to rise. Since it is the movement of water molecules through the cell membrane (which is semipermeable, the process involved would be osmosis.
