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.
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.
The potato gained mass in distilled water due to osmosis, the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane. In this case, the concentration of solutes inside the potato cells is higher than that in the distilled water, causing water to enter the cells. As water moves into the potato, it causes the cells to swell, resulting in an increase in mass.
To compare the masses of a potato and a pear, we first need to convert the mass of the potatoes. 1 kilometer (km) is equivalent to 1,000 grams (g), so 5 potatoes have a mass of 1,000 g, meaning each potato weighs 200 g (1,000 g / 5). On the other hand, 8 pears have a total mass of 1,200 g, making each pear weigh 150 g (1,200 g / 8). Therefore, a potato has a greater mass than a pear.
first, you weigh it to get its mass. then you acquire its volume, since it has an irregular shape, you apply water displacement method. get a calibrated cylinder, note the initial water level and gently drop the potato in. measure the resulting water level and subtract it with the initial water level. this is your volume. density= mass/volume simply divide what you measured in grams with the volume of the potato (cm3). unit of density is grams per cubic centimeter or g/cm3
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
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.
Since you can make many potato chips out of one potato, obviously a whole potato has more mass than one potato chip.
Since you can make many potato chips out of one potato, obviously a whole potato has more mass than one potato chip.
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.
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.
yes
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.
Osmosis will happen. The water will move from the potato into the sugar solution. The potato will lose mass and shrink.
The potato gained mass in distilled water due to osmosis, the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane. In this case, the concentration of solutes inside the potato cells is higher than that in the distilled water, causing water to enter the cells. As water moves into the potato, it causes the cells to swell, resulting in an increase in mass.
the goat ate a potato
To compare the masses of a potato and a pear, we first need to convert the mass of the potatoes. 1 kilometer (km) is equivalent to 1,000 grams (g), so 5 potatoes have a mass of 1,000 g, meaning each potato weighs 200 g (1,000 g / 5). On the other hand, 8 pears have a total mass of 1,200 g, making each pear weigh 150 g (1,200 g / 8). Therefore, a potato has a greater mass than a pear.
first, you weigh it to get its mass. then you acquire its volume, since it has an irregular shape, you apply water displacement method. get a calibrated cylinder, note the initial water level and gently drop the potato in. measure the resulting water level and subtract it with the initial water level. this is your volume. density= mass/volume simply divide what you measured in grams with the volume of the potato (cm3). unit of density is grams per cubic centimeter or g/cm3