I am going to investigate the effect of the concentration of sucrose solution on Osmosis in potato cells. I am going to do this by setting up an experiment in which I can alter dependant variables and independent variables.

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Osmosis in potatoes

To investigate the effect of concentration of sucrose solution on

Osmosis in potato tissue

Plan

I am going to investigate the effect of the concentration of sucrose solution on Osmosis in potato cells. I am going to do this by setting up an experiment in which I can alter dependant variables and independent variables.

Factors that would affect osmosis in the investigation are:

* Surface area of the potato. The larger the surface area of the potato the more water it can absorb. There will be more cells to absorb more water.

* Concentration of the sucrose solution. The more concentrated the solution is the less water there is in the solution. The less concentrated the solution is the more water there is in the solution.

* Volume of sucrose solution. The volume of sucrose solution must remain the same throughout the experiment for the results to be fair.

* Time. The longer the tissue is kept in the solution the more time osmosis has to take place. If the tissue is kept in the solution for too long the tissue will be