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The potato will shrivel up and release its water into the sugar water environment in order to dilute the surroundings until the concentration of sugar water is the same on the inside of the cell as the outside.
And This is called Osmosis
Definition of Osmosis : Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from a region of higher concentrated water to a region of water
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Which contains more reducing sugars potato juice or onion juice?
Potato juice contains more reducing sugars than onion juice. Potatoes are starchy vegetables with higher natural sugar content compared to onions, which are low in sugar. Therefore, potato juice is likely to have more reducing sugars.
What plants produce sucrose?
Plants that produce sucrose include sugar cane, sugar beets, and certain fruits like sugarcane, sugar beet, and sugar maple trees.
What is the sucrose molarity of a potato?
The sucrose molarity of a potato can vary depending on factors such as the type of potato, growing conditions, and storage. Typically, the sucrose molarity in a potato ranges from 0.1 to 0.5 mol/L.
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.
What is the journey from the air to a chip on a plate of a carbon?
Carbon exists in the air primarily in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2). It is absorbed into plant leaves and used as an ingredient for the synthesis of sugar by means of photosynthesis. If that plant leaf happens to be part of a potato plant, then the sugar may make its way to the root, where it can be transformed into a carbohydrate, and then when farmers dig up the potato, they sell it to a chip factory where it becomes part of a chip which gets sold to a consumer who puts it on a plate, voila.
