Griffin Woodlief Science 7 1 10/11/13 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 into the egg from an area of high concentration through the membrane into an area of low concentration causing the egg to expand. THEORY: Osmosis is the diffusion of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration across a selectively permeable membrane. Vinegar is 95% water and an egg is 74% water. Because of this, the water will go from the vinegar (an area of high concentration) to the egg (an area of low concentration). The eggshell will then dissolve, which will allow water to flow into 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 4 days and record observations. DATA/OBSERVATIONS: DAYS 1 CIRCUMFERENCE (cm) 13.9 LIQUID LEVEL (ml) 300 OBSERVATIONS Bubbles on eggshell. 50 ml displacement. 210 ml w/o egg. Egg was squishy and balloon-like. Shell partially dissolved. 175 ml w/o egg Egg was rubbery and almost bouncy.

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TOTAL EXPANSION GROUP #1 = 3.1 cm AVERAGE EXPANSION CLASS = 2.6 cm AVERAGE EXPANSION (7th GRADE)= 2.7 cm

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Griffin Woodlief Science 7 1 10/11/13 100% of the eggs tested (37) expanded.

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CONCLUSION In this lab we were investigating which way water would flow if we put a raw egg into 250 ml of vinegar. The water molecules flowed from an area of high concentration (vinegar) to an area of low concentration (the egg) through a selectively permeable membrane. My groups egg expanded after four days 100% of the 37 eggs tested expanded, and they expanded an average of 2.7 cm. The average expansion of first period was 2.6 cm, which was slightly smaller than

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Griffin Woodlief Science 7 1 10/11/13 the seventh grade average of 2.7 cm. I hypothesized that the water would flow from the vinegar into the egg. My hypothesis was correct. ANALYSIS 1.) The eggshell dissolved because of a chemical reaction caused when the acetic acid in the vinegar came in contact with the calcium carbonate. 2.) In seventh period, the eggs expanded by an average of 4.5 cm. This was 3.4 cm more than group sevens egg, which expanded 1.1 cm. The average rate of expansion per day was also juristically different, with a difference of 0.85 cm. Seventh period had an average expansion per day of 1.125, and group seven had an expansion per day rate of 0.275 cm. These eggs expanded at much different rates because in some eggs there are fewer enzymes, which can help speed up chemical reactions. Because the chemical reaction took longer to occur, the eggshell didnt dissolve immediately, meaning there was less time for osmosis to occur. 3.) Cells need water for many different reasons, but probably the most important is that cells need water is because all chemical reactions occur in water. Another reason that water is important is because water provides nutrients and energy for the cell. One more reason that cells need water is because they help form the cell and keep it in the right shape.

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