GCSE Biology CourseworkTHE EFFECTS OF GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION ON OSMOSIS IN POTATO CELLSPrepared by:Bhavin PatelTh...
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Apparatus: - * Potato * Blade * Cork borer * Stopwatch * Glucose solution * 50cm3 Measuring cylinder * Electronic Balance (scale in grams) * Five 200cm3 beakers * Forceps * Labels * Water bath Procedure: - * First cut the potato into half * Using the cork borer cut the potato to obtain five cylinders of potatoes (Make sure that the potato cylinders are from the same potato as the potato tissues maybe different from different aged potatoes) * Cut the potato cylinders down to the same length * Measure the mass of the each potato cylinder * Note down all your results in the table shown below Solution 1 Solution 2 Solution 3 Solution 4 Solution 5 Mass of potato before experiment (g) Mass of potato after experiment (g) Difference of mass of potatoes.(g) * Use five different concentrated glucose solutions:- * 2% glucose solution * 4% glucose solution * 6% glucose solution * 8% glucose solution * 10% glucose solution * Set up 5 beakers and pour the glucose solution in to them * Using a measuring cylinder, measure 20cm3...

