Jordyn Holland

Name:________________________ 9-11-17
Date:_____________ 4th
Period:____

Egg Osmosis Lab

Background
Whenever two different solutions are separated by a selectively permeable membrane, an osmotic
system is established. Each cell, therefore, represents an osmotic unit.

Osmosis may be defined as diffusion of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane.

Purpose: To observe the effects of osmosis on an animal membrane.

Problem: How do various liquids affect the concentration of water inside and outside of an egg?

Materials:

1 egg 200 mL vinegar

200 mL Karo syrup 200 mL water
1 beaker (400 mL) 1 plastic cup (capable of holding 200 mL)

Hypothesis:
Write in an if, then sentence.
If we put the egg in vinegar, then the egg will enlarge because of hypotonic solution. Only because
there is water in vinegar.

Procedure;
Day 1
1. Label the side of your cup with the initials of everyone in your group and the number of your
class period with small letters.

2. Carefully mass your egg. Record the results in the data table.
3. Measure 200 mL of vinegar and pour into your cup. Record this amount under Volume
added in the data table. Nothing is recorded in the Volume remaining column for the first
day.

4. Place your egg into the cup. Record observations in the data table.
Day 4
5. Observe your egg and record in data table.

6. Carefully remove your egg from the vinegar, rinse gently with water then mass it. Record
mass.
7. Observe your egg and record in data table
8. Measure the amount of vinegar remaining in your cup. Record in the data table under

Volume remaining.
9. Measure 200 mL of syrup and place into your cup. Record volume added. Carefully place
your egg into the syrup.

Day 5
10. Observe your egg. Record observations. Carefully remove your egg from the syrup, rinse with
water and mass. Record.
11. Measure the amount of syrup remaining in your cup use your fingers to wipe the syrup out

the cup into the beaker. Record. Pour the syrup down the large sink in the back. Run warm
water while pouring to ensure the sink doesnt stop up. Clean your table with warm soap and
water. Use warm soap and water to clean the beaker you used to measure the syrup.

12. Measure 200 mL of water and place into your cup.


Day 6

13. Observe your egg. Record observations. Carefully remove your egg and mass. Record.
14. Measure the amount of water remaining in your cup. Record.

Day Date Mass

(g)
Volume
added
(mL)
Volume
remaining
(mL)
Observations

Fizzed and enlarged

1 ------------------
9-8-17 45.4 200 mL
under liquid
4
9-11-17 88.8 200 mL 125 mL Very full

5
9-12-17 51.5 200 mL 212.5 mL Looks deflated
6 Lost its coating, heavier, looks
9-13-17 91.4 150 mL smooth,

Answer the following on a separate sheet of paper.

Conclusions:
1. Vinegar is made of acetic acid and water. When the egg was placed in vinegar, which way did
the water molecules move? How do you know this?

Vinegar is hypotonic acid because only the water moved into the egg. I know the water
moved into the egg bc the egg looked enlarged and the mass increased by 43.4 grams and/
or 96%.
2. After the egg was placed in syrup, which way did the water molecules move in or out of the
egg? Using the correct terminology, describe what condition exists for the egg.
When the egg is placed in the syrup the muscles want to move into the syrup by going through
the cell membrane, this is also know as hypertonic solution. The water molecules moved out of
the egg to create equilibrium, one type of osmosis. I know this because there in a dierence of
mass by 42%.
3. How can you explain the amount of liquid remaining when the egg was removed from the
syrup?
The amount of liquid remaining was more than we had put in because of hypertonic solution, all the water
that was in the egg moved out only to add more liquid to the syrup which was previously in there. I know
this because my egg lost mass by 42%.
4. When the egg was placed in the water after being removed from the syrup, which way did the
water move?
The water moved back into the egg by hypotonic solution. I know
this because the mass of my egg increases by 77%. The egg also
enlarged.

Was your hypothesis validated? Explain why or why not.

Yes because this is what I predicted would happen.
Graph your data. Remember to label and scale correctly.