BIOLOGY FORM 5 CHAPTER 1 PAPER 3 EXPERIMENT: TSA/V

Aim/ To study the relationship between total surface area per volume ratio and √ E1
:
Objective the rate of diffusion. PI 1
What is the relationship between total surface area per volume ratio and the √ E1
Problem :
rate of diffusion? PI 2
The larger the total surface area per volume ratio / the smaller the size of √ E1
Hypothesis :
cube, the faster the rate of diffusion. PI 3
Variables
Manipulated : Total surface area per volume ratio / the size of cubes.
√ E1
Responding : Rate of diffusion.
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Fixed : Colored water temperature / time taken.
Material : Potato, Colored water.
√ E1
Apparatus : Penknife, white tiles, beaker, forceps, basin and gridded transparency.
PI 5
Calculate the rate of diffusion by using a formula.
√ E1
Technique : Rate of diffusion = Percentage of colored area (%min-1)
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Time taken
Procedure :  Potato tissues are cut into 1 cm3, 8 cm3, 27 cm3 and 64 cm3 cubes.
 Then the cubes are immersed into a basin containing 100ml of
colored water.
 All the cubes are left for 20 minutes.
 After 20 minutes, the outer surface of the cubes are dried with filter √ E1
paper and cut into two halves. PI 7
 The percentage of colored area in each cube is estimated by using a
girded transparency.
 The rate of diffusion of each cube is calculated.
 The results are recorded in the table.

Result: Size of cubes / cm3 Percentage of colored area / % Rate of diffusion / %min-1
√ E3 PI 1 1

27

64

Rate of diffusion = Percentage of colored area (%min-1)

Time taken