The setup was left for 30 minutes.
(a) State the expected results
(b) Explain your answer in (a) above
Answer:
a)
- Visking tubing will become swollen/bigger or increased in size
b)
-Sucrose solution is hypertonic compared to the water in the beaker (or water is hypotonic compared to sucrose in the beaker). Water moves from the
beaker into visking tubing by osmosis through semi-permeable visking tubing, making visking tubing swell or increase in size.