How Does Osmosis Affect The Mass Of An Egg

Discussion Throughout the experiment the data was constantly changing however, there was always a pattern associated with the data. Data measured on day one was significantly different than data collected on day four in that the egg was heavier on the last day than on the first day and vice versa. The class data and our data was mostly similar in that the mass of the egg kept a similar pattern. This was true for all but one group’s data. Group number eight’s data was different from every other group from day one to day two. While everyone else’s data showed an increase in mass, group number eight’s data showed a decrease in mass. The lowest masses were measured on either day one or day three. For those whose data was lowest on day one, it was because we

Placing the egg in corn syrup caused the egg to deflate and thus gave us an example of a hypertonic solution. However, the next day we placed the egg in water and the egg swelled. This was our example of a hypotonic solution. The movement of molecules in and out of the egg’s shell was an example of passive transport. The egg deflated after being submerged in corn syrup because the concentration of water was higher in the egg than it was in the corn syrup. This caused the water to leave the cell to try and reach a state of equilibrium. However on day three, when we submerged the egg in water, the water entered the egg. This was caused by the fact that there was a higher concentration of water outside of the egg than inside of the egg. The data recorded on these two days showed the largest changes in the mass of the egg. Day four was our example of osmosis. Osmosis is defined as the movement of water by diffusion (Bright). Day four showed the process of osmosis because we had submerged the egg in water overnight. This caused the water to move from an area of high concentration to an area of lower