Tag: Osmosis and water potential

What is the importance of osmosis and water potential in plant cells?What is it important to know the water potential of cells (particularly of foods like potatoes which we may wish to store and preserve)?

Finding the mean water potential of potato tuber cells and carrying semi-quantitative tests for reducing sugars

What is the aim of your practical, i.e. what do you aim to achieve?
What is your hypothesis? What do expect to find?
Look back at the introduction section for Lab 1 in your lab handbook to help you

Give a background/context for your practical here:

Give a summary of the current state of knowledge about this topic, e.g. what types of cells are you investigating and why is this a good choice – introduce the potato tuber and state its latin name?

What is osmosis? Define the key terms (isotonic, hypertonic, hypotonic).

What are some important biological examples of osmosis?

What is water potential and how is it affected by solute concentration?

What is the importance of osmosis and water potential in plant cells?

What is it important to know the water potential of cells (particularly of foods like potatoes which we may wish to store and preserve)?