Katie Donick 10-1-13 3 MODELING OSMOSIS (LAB) PROBLEM: Which way will water flow when a raw egg

is placed in 250ml of vinegar? HYPOTHESIS: If a raw egg is placed in vinegar (water) and left for four days, then the water will flow from the vinegar through the membrane into the egg. THEORY: Osmosis is the diffusion of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration across a selectively permeable membrane. Because an egg has lower concentration (74%) of water than the vinegar with (95%), water will flow into the egg. The eggshell will dissolve into the vinegar because of the chemical reaction between the acid in the vinegar and the CaCO3 in the eggshell, exposing the membrane making it possible for water to flow freely throughout the egg. PROCEDURE: 1. Measure circumference of a raw egg using string and a ruler in cm. 2. Place egg in beaker and fill with 250 mL of vinegar. 3. Record observations. 4. Measure circumference for 3 days and record observations. DATA/OBSERVATIONS: DAYS CIRCUMFERENCE (cm) 13.5 LIQUID LEVEL OBSERVATIONS (ml) 300 50 ml displacement, bubbles are collecting on the shell. Occasionally bubbles float up to the top. The outside was chalky and frothy. The egg gained 5 ml and expanded 2 cm. There is a smooth surface and the egg is extremely squishy. The egg had a long crack. Glossy Membrane was yellow and transparent

15.5

295 with egg 215 without egg

17

275 with egg 200 without the egg

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 TOTAL EXPANSION GROUP # = 3.5 cm AVERAGE EXPANSION CLASS = 2.9 AVERAGE EXPANSION (7th GRADE)= 2.7 GRAPH

Katie Donick 10-1-13 3 Squishy

CONCLUSION: In this lab we modeled the effects of osmosis. In four days we watched to see if the water from the vinegar (weak acid) would cross through the selectively permeable membrane of the raw egg that was placed inside the vinegar. In period 3 group 6s egg expanded .8 cm more than the 7th grade average of 2.7 cm. I hypothesized that the water from the vinegar would flow through the eggs membrane into the egg; my hypothesis was correct 100% of the time. ANALYSIS: 1.The chemical reaction between the vinegar (weak acid) and the eggshell (CaCO3) caused the eggshell to dissolve exposing the selectively permeabl membrane of the egg. 2. The difference in the egg expansion between group 3 and group 7 was 3.4 cm. In group 3 the egg seemed to have expanded about 1 cm a day compared to group 7 whos eggs seemed to have expanded about 0.4 cm a day. These groups may have gotten different results because of incorrect measurements, different beakers causing different amounts of the egg that we exposed to the vinegar, or different starting sizes in the egg. 3. Cells need water because it helps dilute the cells and keeps the cells shape. 100% of the eggs expanded

Donick, Katelyn

Friday, October 11, 2013 10:15:54 AM Pacic Daylight Time

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Katie Donick 10-1-13 3

OSMOSIS:)EXPANDING)EGG)
18% CIRCUMFERENCE)(cm)) 17% 16% 15% 14% 13% 12% 1% 2% DAYS)MEASURED) 3% 13.5% Egg%Circumference% (cm)% 15.5% 17%

AVERAGE)EXPANSION)COMPARISON)
4% 3.5% AVERAGE)EXPANSION)(cm)) 3% 2.5% 2% 1.5% 1% 0.5% 0% GROUP)6)))))))))))))PERIOD)3)))))))))))))))))SEVENTH)GRADE) EXPANSION%COMPARISON% 3.5% 2.9%

2.7%

Donick, Katelyn

Friday, October 11, 2013 10:15:54 AM Pacic Daylight Time

70:56:81:af:c7:91