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Estimate the concentration of the cytoplasm of potato cells.
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Osmosis Coursework Introduction The investigation which I am going to be carrying out is to estimate the concentration of the cytoplasm of potato cells. I will do this by investigating using the movement in and out of the potato cells through Osmosis. Osmosis is the process whereby water molecules pass through a semi-permeable membrane from a high concentration to a low concentration until an Osmotic equilibrium is reached. So it is like a special form of diffusion. Plants take up water from the soil, through their root hair cells by the process of Osmosis, and they continue to use Osmosis from cell to cell to transport water up the plant. Plants have many uses for the water they take up by Osmosis, one main importance being to maintain the plants structure by keeping them upright and turgid. As in plant cells, they have a special containment area for water called the vacuole, when the...
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