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1.TITLE:
Whathappenstoaneggwhenplacedinvinegarandthenintosugar?
2.ABSTRACT:
Allcellshaveonecell.Anostricheggisthelargestcell.Iknowthatlargeandchargedmoleculesneedhelpandsmall
andnonchargedmoleculesgetthroughbythemselves.Ourquestionsare,whatwillhappenifweputegginvinegar?Andwhat
willhappenifweputtheegginsugar?Ourhypothesisisifweputtheegginvinegar,thenitwillexpandbecausethevinegar
willgoinsidetheeggandifweputtheegginsugar,thenitwillshrivelupbecausethevinegarwillgooutsidetheegg.Our
procedureswedidwasthatweplacedthechickenegginajar,coveredtheeggwithvinegar,leftitforthreedays,observedthe
changes,thenweremovedthevinegarandreplaceditwithsugarandobservedthechanges.DuringDay1oftheobservationof
theegginvinegar,IobservedthattheegginthevinegarexpandedorgotlargerbecauseIthinkthatthevinegarwentinsidethe
egg.Thevinegarwentinsidetheeggbecauseitisprobablyasmallmoleculebecausesmallmoleculesgetthroughcellseasily.
DuringDay2oftheobservationoftheegginsugar,IobservedthattheegginthevinegarexpandedorgotlargerbecauseIthink
thatthevinegarwentinsidetheegg.Ithinktheegginthesugarkindofgotsmalleranditshrivelledupalittle.Thevinegaris
goingoutsidetheeggbecauseitisasmallandanunchargedmoleculeandthesugaroutsideisforcingitselftogoinsidetheegg
becauseitisalargebutunchargedmolecule.
3.INTRODUCTION:
Alleggsconsistofonecell.Theworldslargestcellistheeggofanostrich.Inthislabwewillexplorethecell
membraneofaneggthepartofallcellsthatallowsthingsinorkeepsthingsout(Simonet.al.83).Beforethelabbegan,we
observedthattheegghadabrownshell.InthislabwewerewonderingWhathappenstoaneggwhenplacedinvinegarand
thenintosugar?
4.HYPOTHESIS:
Ifweputtheegginvinegarthenitwill
expand
because
thevinegarwillgoinsidetheegg
.
Ifweputtheegginsugarthenitwill
shrivelup
because
thevinegarwillgooutsidetheegg
.
5.MATERIALS:
1chickenegg
Glassjar
Vinegar
Sugarsolution(Karosyrupormaplesyrup)
6.PROCEDURE:
1. Placechickenegginjar
2. Covereggwithvinegar
3. Leavefor3days
4. Observechanges
5. Removevinegar
6. Replacewithsugar
7. Observechanges
7.RESULTS:
DAY1:QualitativeObservationofEgginVinegar:
IobservedthattheegginthevinegarexpandedorgotlargerbecauseI
thinkthatthevinegarwentinsidetheegg.
DAY2:QualitativeObservationofEgginSugar:
Iobservethattheegginthesugarkindofshrivelledonthetopalittle
becausethevinegarisgoingoutsidetheegg.
8.CONCLUSION:
DAY1:InferenceforEgginVinegar:
Ithinktheegggotlargerbecausethevinegarwentinsidetheegg.Thevinegarwent
insidetheeggbecauseitisprobablyasmallmoleculebecausesmallmoleculesgetthroughcellseasilywithoutATPtohelp
them.
DAY2:InferenceforEgginSugar:
Ithinktheegginthesugarkindofgotsmalleranditshrivelledupalittle.Thevinegaris
goingoutsidetheeggbecauseitisasmallandunchargedmoleculeandthesugaroutsideisforcingitselftogoinsidetheegg
becauseitisalargebutunchargedmolecule.
9.CITATIONS:
Simon,Reece&Dickey.BiologywithPhysiology.GlenviewIL2013