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How Does a Change in the Concentration of the Surrounding Solution Affect Osmosis in Potato Cells?  

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How Does a Change in the Concentration of the Surrounding Solution Affect Osmosis in Potato Cells Plan Osmosis - osmosis is the net movement of water through a semi permeable membrane from an area of water where the water is purer to an area where the water is less pure (purer meaning that the water has less other molecules other than water in it) I have to think of an experiment to see how a change in the concentration of the surrounding solution affects osmosis in potato cells, I will do an experiment which measures the amount of water lost or gained before an osmotic balance is reached (when the water leaving the potato is equal to the water entering the potato because the concentration of water in the cells and outside the cells are the same) in different concentration solutions of sucrose (ordinary sugar as in granulated sugar). The experiment will...

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