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a) Account for the softness and decrease in size of the potato cubes which were placed in sugar solution
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Sugar solution is hypertonic to the potato cells due to which exosmosis occurs and water flows out of the potato cells. The Potato cells loses it's distended appearance, the cytoplasm shrinks and the plasma membrane withdraws from the cell wall. The cells become limp. This causes the softness and decrease the size of the potato cubes which were placed in sugar solution.
The physical process being investigated in this experiment is Osmosis.
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Sugar solution is hypertonic to the potato cells due to which exosmosis occurs and water flows out of the potato cells. The Potato cells loses it's distended appearance, the cytoplasm shrinks and the plasma membrane withdraws from the cell wall. The cells become limp. This causes the softness and decrease the size of the potato cubes which were placed in sugar solution.
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