Question 9 (ii)
Carry out the following osmosis experiment:
Take four peeled potato halves and scoop each one out to make potato cups. One of these potato cups should be made from a boiled potato. Put each potato cup in a trough containing water. Now,
(a) Keep cup A empty
(b) Put one teaspoon sugar in cup B
(c) Put one teaspoon salt in cup C
(d) Put one teaspoon sugar in the boiled potato cup D.
Keep these for two hours. Then observe the four potato cups and answer the following:

(ii) Why is potato A necessary for this experiment?

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Solution

(ii) Potato A in the experiment acts as a control set-up. No water gathers in the hollowed portions of potato A.

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Question 9 (i)
Carry out the following osmosis experiment:
Take four peeled potato halves and scoop each one out to make potato cups. One of these potato cups should be made from a boiled potato. Put each potato cup in a trough containing water. Now,
(a) Keep cup A empty
(b) Put one teaspoon of sugar in cup B
(c) Put one teaspoon of salt in cup C
(d) Put one teaspoon of sugar in the boiled potato cup D.
Keep these for two hours. Then observe the four potato cups and answer the following:

(i) Explain why water gathers in the hollowed portion of B and C.

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(a) Keep cup A as empty.
(b) Put one teaspoon sugar in cup B.
(c) Put one teaspoon salt in cup C.
(d) Put one teaspoon sugar in the boiled potato cup D.
Keep these for two hours. Then observe the four potato cups and answer the following.

Why is potato A necessary for this experiment?

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Explain why water gathers in the hollowed portion of B and C.

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Explain why water does not gather in the hollowed out portions of A and D.

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Now,
(a) Keep cup A empty
(b) Put one teaspoon of sugar in cup B.
(c) Put one teaspoon of salt in cup C.
(d) Put one teaspoon of sugar in the boiled potato cup D.
Keep these for two hours. Then observe the four potato cups and answer the following.

Explain why water does not gather in the hollowed-out portions of cups A and D.

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