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Investigating the effects of sugar solutions on potato chips Hypothesis In this experiment we will be looking at how sucrose affects a potato chip. I think that the higher concentration of sugar in the solution will mean it will lose more weight. The reason why I think this will happen is because of osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of water molecules across a partially permeable membrane from a region of higher water concentration to a region of low water concentration. Basically it is the diffusion of water. This means that the more sugar in the solution the less water the potato chip will absorb causing it to not gain as much weight as it would with the pure water. Osmosis needs a permeable membrane if it is to take place. The permeable membrane in this case is the cell membrane of the potato chips. The tendency for water to move...

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