Browse by Stream
QnA
Home
QnA
Go To Your Study Dashboard

Get Answers to all your Questions

header-bg qa
  • Home
  • NCERT
  • Carry out the following osmosis experiment:Take four peeled potato halves and scoos each one out to make potato cups. One of these potato cups should be made from a boiled potato. (ii) Why is potato A necessary for this experiment

Q. 9.     Carry out the following osmosis experiment:

             Take four peeled potato halves and scoos each one out to make potato cups. One of these potato cups should be made from a boiled potato. Put each potato cup in a trough containing water. Now,

            (a) Keep cup A empty

            (b) Put one teaspoon sugar in cup B

            (c) Put one teaspoon salt in cup C

            (d) Put one teaspoon sugar in the boiled potato cup D.

            Keep these for two hours. Then observe the four potato cups and answer the following:

            (ii) Why is potato A necessary for this experiment?

Answers (1)

best_answer

Potato A is absolutely necessary because it acts as the control for the experiment. Without A we will have no reference to compare the other cases with. We can see that since there is no solute in the hollow part of this potato no osmosis has taken place.

Posted by

Sayak

View full answer

Similar Questions

Trending Articles/News

anam-khan

CBSE Date Sheet 2025 Live: CBSE Class 10, 12 board exam timetable soon at cbse.gov.in; practical dates
anam-khan

CBSE Date Sheet 2025 Live: CBSE to announce Class 10, 12 board exam dates soon at cbse.gov.in; sample paper
anam-khan

CBSE Board Exam 2025: Class 10, 12 practical exam dates out at cbse.gov.in; passing marks

Latest Question