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This means that when the water concentration is lower in the tissue, the water will move into the tissue, and the potato will gain weight.  

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Contents Page 2-6 Planning Skill Area P 7-8 Obtaining Evidence Skill Area O 9-13 Analysing Skill Area A 14 Evaluating Skill Area E Planning Apparatus * Stop Clock - to time our experiment * Cutting tile - to cut the potato on * Knife - to cut the potato * Syringe - to measure the solutions * Distilled water - part of the experiment * Sucrose - part of the experiment * Potatoes - part of the experiment * Tissue paper - to dry the potato after the osmosis has taken place * Balance - to weigh the potato * 15 Test tubes - for the osmosis to take place in * 5 25cm3 beakers - to hold the different solutions Method 1. Cut the potato into 15 1x1x5 cm slices. 2. Weigh these 15 slices using the balance and record the weight. 3. Set up the solutions: 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0 molar solutions and distilled water and mark each beaker of solution clearly. 4. Into three test tubes add 10cm3 of 0.05 molar...

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