Question

DIRECTIONS:
1). To perform this activity you need to shallow dishes, a potato, knife, water and salt.
2. Fill both the dishes with some water
3. Add two tablespoons of salt to only one dish, while leaving the other without salt.
4. Label which dish is having no salt and which has salt added to it.
5. Slice the potato lengthwise, so that you end up with several pieces that are flat on both sides
6. Place a few pieces of potato in the plain water, and an equal number of pieces in the salty water
7. Wait for 20 minutes, then make your observations.





Pls tell the observation made in dish 1 and 2.... Write the conclusion...


Pls help me to do... I have no time to do this.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 is salt dissolved,2 is having no salt in it.

in the1st dish the potato pieces become flaccid due to hyper tonic solution,as the water moves from higher water potential to low water potential or low solute to high solute concentration and the potato pieces in 2nd dish are fresh