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 in 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 across a selectively permeable membrane. I predicted that the vinegar would go into the egg because when vinegar comes in contact with an eggshell the eggshell dissolves. After it dissolves the vinegar will come in contact with the egg. The vinegar will flow into the egg because when there is low amount of concentration osmosis will occur and the water from the high concentration will go to the low. The vinegar then will go into the egg and make it expand. 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 3 CIRCUMFERENCE (cm) 14.5 16.00 LIQUID LEVEL (ml) 300 290 OBSERVATIONS Displaced 50ml Bubbles on shell Felt like a water balloon Had foam on sides Part of shell on it With out egg water was 200ml Yellow colored No shell on egg Yellow colored Its heavy Foam in vinegar

17.2

250

TOTAL EXPANSION GROUP # = 2.7 AVERAGE EXPANSION CLASS = 2.6

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AVERAGE EXPANSION (7th GRADE)= 2.7. All the eggs tested expanded. GRAPH

OSMOSIS: EXPANDING EGG

18 CIRCUMFERENCE cm 17 16 15 14 13 12 1 2 DAYS MEASURED 3 14.5 CIRCUMFERENCE cm 16 17.2

AVERAGE EXPANSION COMPARISON

2.72 2.7 2.68 2.66 2.64 2.62 2.6 2.58 2.56 2.54 AVERAGE EXPANSION cm 2.7 2.7

2.6

AVERAGE EXPANSION cm

Group 6 PERIOD 6 7TH GRADE

CONCLUSION In this lab we were modeling osmosis. Over 4 days the water molecules moved through the selectively permeable membrane from an area of high concentration to a area of low concentration. My egg was consistent with the 7th grade and 0.1 cm greater then the class

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average. My hypothesis was correct. In conclusion the water molecules from the vinegar flowed into the egg causing it to expand. ANALYSIS The eggshell dissolved because the weak acid in the vinegar breaks down the calcium carbonate that is in the eggshell causing the water molecules to pass through the selectively permeable membrane. The difference in expansion between group 3 and 7 is 3.4cm. The rate of expansion in-group 3 was 4.5/4 days and group 7 was 1.1/4 days. The groups might have got different results if one egg was fully submerged in the vinegar and the other was not. Cells need water to maintain their shape, and it dilutes food particles. Water carries substances through out the cell, keeps the cells temperature, and its a factor in chemical reactions.

LaCarrubba, Sarah

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