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An experiment into the effect of sugar concentration on osmosis Background information Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from a dilute solution to a concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane. The molecules will continue to diffuse until the area in which the molecules are found reaches a state of equilibrium, meaning that the molecules are randomly distributed throughout an object, with no area having a higher or lower concentration than any other. Plant cells do not burst in pure water. This is because the cell is surrounded by a cell wall. This prevents the cell either bursting or loosing its shape too much. Factors affecting osmosis Concentration of water-sugar solution. This I have chosen to be my variable. Should the water contain certain amounts of sugar, we can ascertain from preliminary work that the weight of the potato strips should decrease. Time that the potato should be left in the solution. As...

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