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Two pieces of raw potato chips A and B were placed in two different solutions in petridishes and left to stand for thirty minutes. At...

Two pieces of raw potato chips A and B were placed in two different solutions in petridishes and left to stand for thirty minutes. At the end of the experiment, A was soft and a bit shrivelled, B was turgid and had increased in size.
(a)State the process that was being investigated.
(b)Account for the observations made in each case.

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Seline
(a)Osmosis.
(b)A-Was placed in a solution that was more concentrated cell sap/hypertonic solution of its cells.The cells therefore lost water through osmosis.
B-Was placed in a more dilute (hypotonic)solution,cells in B gained water by osmosis and became turgid.
Belan answered the question on February 15, 2019 at 09:32

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