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What is the mass of a potato?

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If you want to measure anything you put it on a balance(scale). You probably want to use a digital kitchen scale as they are very accurate and can normally cope with mass's up to 4 may be 5kg.

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How does length and width of a potato affect osmosis and also how does the mass of the potato affect osmosis?

If a potato has a larger surface are:volume ratio, it will be affected by osmosis more quickly that a potato with a smaller surface are:volume ratio. Presumably a potato with a larger mass will have a smaller SA:Vol ratio, and as such will be less affected.


If 5 potatoes together have a mass of 1 kilogram and 8 pears together have a mas of 1200 grams which has a greater mass a potato or a explain?

It's 1200 because 1 km is equal to 1000


Which piece of equipment is the best foe measuring the change in the mass of potato slices after placing them in different concentrations of salt water?

Graduated cylinder


Will changing sucrose concentrations change the mass of the potato?

Yes, through a process called osmosis. Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a cellular membrane. Water flows from high concentrations to low concentrations. The mass of the potato will change based on the molarity of the solution it is placed in. CHEMISTRY REFRESHER: molarity is the amount of moles of a substance per liter(of water). If the potato is placed in a solution with a lesser molarity than itself(the solution has less glucose than the potato) then we would expect for the potato to gain water. This is because there is a greater concentration of water outside of the cell wall, so water enters the cell in order to obtain equilibrium. Using the same reasoning we would expect for the potato to lose water if it is placed in a solution of higher molarity


What change will occur if a piece of peeled potato is dropped in a concentrated sugar solution?

The potato may show some shrinking, but the more observable change is loss in mass of the peeled potato. Water will move out of the potato by osmosis. In osmosis, the water moves from the area of higher concentration to the area of lower concentration. There is lower water concentration outside of the potato because of the high amount of sugar dissolved in it. Depending on the concentration differences between the potato and the solution, water loss will continue until an equilibrium is reached. The potato piece will become flaccid (floppy)/plasmolysed, because of the water loss it has suffered. Shrinkage results from loss of turgor pressure in the potato, as a result of it becoming plasmolysed.

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Which has more mass a potato or potato chip Explain?

If you have a poato with a given mass and turn it into potato chips it will weigh less as water has been driven off in the cooking process. As weight and mass are proportional at any given location it has less mass in its cooked form.


What has more mass a potato or potato chip?

Since you can make many potato chips out of one potato, obviously a whole potato has more mass than one potato chip.


What has more mass a potato or a potato chip?

Since you can make many potato chips out of one potato, obviously a whole potato has more mass than one potato chip.


What is the effect on salt on mass of a potato?

A potato will decrease in mass if salt (sodium chloride) is applied to it. The salt will absorb water which is contained in the potato.


Do potato cubes gain or lose mass in salt water solutions?

depends on the salt content of the potato and how concentrated the salt is. the more salt there is in the water than the potato- the more water will exit the potato which then loses mass.


Did boiling potato loses mass?

yes


How does length and width of a potato affect osmosis and also how does the mass of the potato affect osmosis?

If a potato has a larger surface are:volume ratio, it will be affected by osmosis more quickly that a potato with a smaller surface are:volume ratio. Presumably a potato with a larger mass will have a smaller SA:Vol ratio, and as such will be less affected.


If you put sugar in a peeled potato what will happen?

Osmosis will happen. The water will move from the potato into the sugar solution. The potato will lose mass and shrink.


What is the relationship of heat and mass of matter?

the goat ate a potato


What is the density of botato?

Potato? Density is volume/mass. Work it out yourself.


How do you find the density of a potato?

First weigh the potato (in grams). Next, place the potato in a tub of water, and measure how much the volume of the water changes upon placing the potato in. This gives you the volume of the potato (in mls). Then divide the mass (g) by the volume (ml) to get the density in g/ml.


Will a potato lose weight if it is peeled and soaked in a salt water solution for a day?

Because of osmosis the water in the potato will move into the hypertonic solution causing the potato to lose weight.