Question

An uncooked potato was peeled.A piecd from the middle was cut into strips X and Y, each 500mm long.One strip was placed in a sugar solution. Another strip was placed in pure water.The experiment was repeated using strips of cooked potato.these strips did not change in length.Can you explain why?

Answer 1

Answer:

cells in the cooked potato had died.

Explanation:

the strips that were uncooked changed length bcos, the parenchyma in them tends to take in water due to a semi permeable membrane.

The parenchyma in the cells of the cooked cell died as it was boiled and lost its ability to take i n more water.

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