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Osmosis in plant tissue.
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Osmosis in plant tissue Introduction In this experiment I am going to find the water potential of a chip, by immersing it in different concentrations of sucrose solutions using the theory of osmosis, the gain or loss in length of the chip can be measured, in osmosis water molecules move down a gradient from a concentrated area to an area where they are less concentrated. In the first half of the experiment, half an hour should be sufficient to find the water potential of the chip. The process of this is also known as graded osmotion and the chip will shrink due to plasmolysis of cells. The equipment that I needed for this experiment is as follows Equipment: 5 petri dishes Sucrose Distilled water to make up the sucrose solution 10 chips cut up to be 40 millemetres in length Paper towel to mop up spills Ruler to measure chips My predictions In this experiment I predict...
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