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No, vinegar has a higher concentration of water than an egg. Therefore, if an egg is placed in vinegar, then it will gain mass because vinegar is hypotonic to the egg.
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How does osmosis occur in an egg cell?
Osmosis occurs in an egg cell if you place it in liquids. If you put it in vinegar, the egg's shell will start to dissolve. Then, you can test osmosis in water or salt water. Because the egg is considered a cell, it will swell the egg cell with plain water (meaning it will increase the egg's mass). With salt water, the egg cell will shrink in mass.
When the vinegar absorbed into the egg and caused it to expand This was an example of?
Osmosis. The egg is hypertonic and the vinegar is hypotonic.
What is the result for egg in vinegar?
The shell disappears because of the chemical reaction between the eggshell and the vinegar.
Lab experiment of diffusion and osmosis in an egg?
DateLiquidMass (g)Circumference (cm)Difference Mass (+/-)Difference Circumference (+/-)10-NovPre-Immersion5815no changeno change11-NovVinegar611530.814-NovCorn Syrup4013210.815-NovWater (with dye)8017402Question/Purpose: What is the effect of different types of acids and liquids on an egg? How is osmosis similar to this process?Prior Knowledge: What did/do I already know about the topic that is relevant to this lab? I already know that osmosis is the way that cells can get the things that they need from materials outside of the cell such as food and nutrients. Cells can also use osmosis to get rid of waste and unwanted materials and send them to the places outside of a cell. I also knew that we have an ordinary egg that we are placing in different acids that will affect the egg in some way. These acids are vinegar, corn syrup, and water with dye. All of these materials contain different amounts of H20, which affects the structure of the egg in different ways. Vinegar has 95% H20 and corn syrup has 5% H20.Hypothesis: Vinegar; if I soak the egg in nucleic acid (vinegar) for one to two days, then the acid would eventually weaken the egg after the shell resisted it. Corn Syrup; if I soak the egg in corn syrup then the rest of the membrane will dissolve while trying to keep the corn syrup out. Water with Food Coloring; if I soak the egg in water with food coloring then it will inflate back to its original size.Variables: Manipulated/Independent: As the scientist, I am changing the different types of acids or liquids that I submerge the egg in. These solutions that we used include vinegar, corn syrup, and water with dye. This controls what happens to the egg and forms our experiment.Responding /Dependent: We are measuring how the egg has changed during this experiment. The egg has changed in mass and circumference because of what the acids and other liquids did to the egg.Controlled: We should use the same size egg, the same time that the egg is submerged in the liquids, the amount of liquid and how much the egg is submerged into the liquid, use the same egg throughout the experiment, and measure it the same way (by centimeters and grams).Materials: Some materials that you need to complete this lab are a plastic cup to keep the egg in, vinegar (white vinegar) for the first procedure, corn syrup (light corn syrup) for the second, and food coloring for the third. You will need an egg, a string to measure the circumference of the egg, a ruler, a scale, and water to wash out the egg after each procedure.Step-By-Step Procedure:Step 1- First, you take an egg (any size) and carefully observe it. This is important because you need to be able to see what the egg looks like before you perform the experiment, which will change the size and shape of the egg.Step 2- You will need to measure the circumference of the egg and the mass so you will be able to see the effect that the solutions have on the egg. Wrap a string around the egg to measure the circumference, and measure the cup before the cup with the egg inside, so you can find the exact mass of the egg.Step 3- Once you have fully observed the egg, then you will need to completely submerge the egg in vinegar. After that, you wait for about a day for the acid to make an impact on the egg.Step 4- The next day, when you find the egg, something about it might have changed. Before you remove the egg from the vinegar, observe the changes of the egg. Does it look smaller or bigger? What caused the change to happen?Step 5- Then, carefully (the egg is weaker, it might break) rinse the egg and cup in warm water so that it doesn't harm the egg, and be sure to get rid of all of the vinegar.Step 6- Then measure the circumference and mass again, and record any more observations. Was there a difference between how it was the day before? Think about what you think will happen next when you add the corn syrup.Step 7- Next, completely cover the egg with corn syrup. Wait about a day, take your cup, and record any changes.Step 8- This time, when rinsing the egg out, be very careful because it is very weak now. Measure the mass and the circumference and record more observations. Now think about how the egg has changed throughout the entire experiment. What do you think will happen next?Step 9- Then add the water with food coloring, and wait for another day.Step 10- The next day, pick up the cup again and record any changes with the egg, rinse, record the mass and circumference, and make a note of any other changes. This time, don't add any liquid and let it sit overnight. What will happen now?Conclusion: My hypotheses were "Vinegar; if I soak the egg in nucleic acid (vinegar) for one to two days, then the acid would eventually weaken the egg after the shell resisted it. Corn Syrup; if I soak the egg in corn syrup then the rest of the membrane will dissolve while trying to keep the corn syrup out. Water with Food Coloring; if I soak the egg in water with food coloring then it will inflate back to its original size." All of my hypotheses are supported. The first hypothesis that I made involving the vinegar was supported because the acid did weaken the egg by wearing away the shell and making it translucent. Because of osmosis, the shell of the egg resisted the substance that would cause harm to the egg but the egg still weakened. My second hypothesis involving the corn syrup was supported because the rest of the shell did dissolve leaving no trace of the white layer. The corn syrup caused the egg to become very weak and deflated. My third hypothesis involving the water with food coloring was supported because the egg did inflate back up. As an analysis of my data, throughout the experiment, the egg shrunk and grew and had different sizes after each material was added. On November 10, when we began the experimental process, the egg's mass was 58 grams and its circumference was 15cm. At this point, the egg hadn't been soaked in a solvent yet. The next day after we had soaked the egg in vinegar the egg seemed to have gotten bigger and the shell had worn away. The egg had a mass of 61 grams and a circumference of 15cm. The difference between the mass of the egg the day before the vinegar was 3 grams and the difference of the circumference was .8cm. The day after we added the corn syrup, the egg shriveled up. It's mass was only 40 grams and its circumference was only 13cm. The difference of the mass was 21 grams and the difference of the circumference was .8cm. The following day, after we added the water with dye, we noticed that the egg had gotten larger and had inflated again. The mass was a huge 80 grams and the circumference was 17cm. The difference of the mass was 40 grams and the difference of the circumference was 2cm. Throughout the whole experiment, osmosis caused the egg to shrink and grow. Finally, we have learned that osmosis lets good materials into the membrane (shell)and prevents and lets out harmful substances.Possible Sources of Error: Discuss anything that might have interfered with your experiment. Explain how these impacted the outcome and what changes could be made in future experiments. We might have made a measuring error when measuring the mass and circumference of the egg. This error would have made there be either a more or less difference between the eggs in the different solvents. This error would have affected the data making it inaccurate. There could have been a small crack in the egg, causing the substance that is inside of the egg leak and make the mass incorrect. If enough of the substance leaked out, the circumference could have changed when the egg shrunk. And the solution (vinegar, corn syrup, and water with dye) might have entered the egg easier. Another possible error that we may have made is we could have caused harm to the egg by holding it wrong or not being gentle enough and causing damage.
Why does an egg grow bigger in tap water?
I believe it is referred to "dino egg" or "magic egg", expandable water toys. These toys are made from water absorbent polymer which can absorb water and swell to a lot larger size. So absorbing water cause them to grow bigger. For common egg, chicken egg had shell and won't expand, ikura (salmon egg in soy sauce) had no external shell and would expand due to absorption of water.
What causes water molecules to move when an egg is placed vinegar?
egg has more water molecules than vinegar so when egg is placed in vinegar water molecules move from the egg to the vinegar due to osmosis,which is defined as "the movement of water molecules from higher concentration to lower concentration thru a partially permeable membrane" there fore the water molecules move inward. The proof is that the egg got larger and this was because water moved into the egg after the shell disintegrated from the 5% of acid in the vinegar. (the other 95% is water)
Does an egg get bigger in vinegar?
The egg was larger after remaining in water. Water has a lower concentration of solute molecules than the vinegar. Therefore, more water diffused to an area of higher concentration of solute particles.
Show me what happen to an egg if you put it in vinegar?
when you put it in vinegar it becomes all soft and pickled. Then if you put it in water the egg will puff back up to normal size because of diffusion. The egg had low concentration and the water has a lot of concentration so the egg will puff up.
What do you think vinegar or salt water will break a egg?
The egg will break in vinegar.
What happends to a egg when it is in water or vinegar?
Vinegar makes the egg wrinkly/takes off the shell and water makes and egg stronger
What happens when you put a raw egg in vinegar and then saltwater?
The vinegar will disintegrate the egg shell and the salt will suck out all the water and shrivel the egg.
How do osmosis and dialysis releate to diffusion?
Osmosis is the the diffusion of water or any soluble liquid across a semipermeable membrane such as the outer membrane of a cell. When water moves out of the cell faster then the intake of water, the cell will shrink. This is a hypertonic solution. When the intake is greater than the output, the cell will grow. This is a hypotonic solution. When a balance is achieved, water moving equally in and out of the cell, an isotonic solution is created. Dialysis is when the kidney allows only certain things to DIFFUSE through it. For example, a biology class put an egg in a vinegar solution. This causes the egg to grow because the vinegar was at a higher concentration then the inside of the egg and biology states that it will flow from a high concentration to low concentration. When that same egg is placed in water, the vinegar flows out of the egg because the water was a lower solution of vinegar than the egg. So all of this comes down to the fact that in both osmosis and dialysis, something is being diffused through the cell's semipermeable membrane. If you need a clearer explanation, ask you school's biology teacher(s).
If You can pell a raw egg without breaking the membrane or melt away the shell in vinegar If you place it in a glass of water it will swell in size until it breaks why is that?
Water diffuses in from the glass because there is a higher concentration of salts in the egg.
Is it osmosis or diffusion if you put an egg in vinegar?
If you put an egg in vinegar, then this process would be called osmosis because osmosis is the movement of solvent particles (in this vinegar), while diffusion is the movement of gas, solute and solvent particles from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration.
What happens when you put a raw egg in water?
If the shell is still on not much will happen as an eggshell is basically impermeable. However, if the shell is removed by soaking in vinegar or other weak acid and the selectively permeable membrane beneath is uncovered, water will exit the egg causing it to shrink assuming the concentration of solute (salt in this case) is higher outside of the egg than inside the egg initially. This movement of water is caused by osmosis. Osmosis is the natural tendency for water to move from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration across a selectively permeable membrane requiring only the kinetic energy available in the molecules. If the concentration of solute is higher outside of the egg, by consequence the concentration of water will be lower and the water will exit the egg, moving to the area of lower concentration until the concentration of water is equal both inside and outside the egg.
Does vinegar float or sink in water?
it's because the vinegar has a density greater than that of the egg..... (*_*)
Does an egg last longer soaked in vinegar or water?
water
