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An Experiment to Investigate the Water Potential of Potato Cells Aim I aim to investigate osmosis through a selectively permeable membrane, which in this case will be potato cells. I will do this, by placing pieces of potato in different concentrations of sugar solution, measuring the changes in mass. Prediction I predict that the potato cells will have a higher water potential, so will gain water in the high sugar solution. It shall lose water in the more dilute solutions by osmosis. At some point, the potatoes will not lose or gain in mass, as the solution at this point will have the same water potential as the cells, so the mass will not change. Even if this doesn't happen in my experiment, I can estimate the point using my line of best fit in my results chart. I know that potatoes store starch which is insoluble in water. this will make...

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