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    This document describes a lab experiment to observe diffusion across a semipermeable membrane. Students will place a baggie containing cornstarch and water into a beaker of iodine water. Iodine changes color in the presence of starch. It is predicted that iodine will diffuse into the baggie, changing its contents purple. After 15 minutes, observations will be recorded to determine which substance moved across the membrane, indicating it is permeable to that substance. Diffusion of iodine into the baggie will demonstrate how cell membranes allow some substances to pass through.

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    This document describes a lab experiment to observe diffusion across a semipermeable membrane. Students will place a baggie containing cornstarch and water into a beaker of iodine water. Iodine changes color in the presence of starch. It is predicted that iodine will diffuse into the baggie, changing its contents purple. After 15 minutes, observations will be recorded to determine which substance moved across the membrane, indicating it is permeable to that substance. Diffusion of iodine into the baggie will demonstrate how cell membranes allow some substances to pass through.

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    This document describes a lab experiment to observe diffusion across a semipermeable membrane. Students will place a baggie containing cornstarch and water into a beaker of iodine water. Iodine changes color in the presence of starch. It is predicted that iodine will diffuse into the baggie, changing its contents purple. After 15 minutes, observations will be recorded to determine which substance moved across the membrane, indicating it is permeable to that substance. Diffusion of iodine into the baggie will demonstrate how cell membranes allow some substances to pass through.

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    This document describes a lab experiment to observe diffusion across a semipermeable membrane. Students will place a baggie containing cornstarch and water into a beaker of iodine water. Iodine changes color in the presence of starch. It is predicted that iodine will diffuse into the baggie, changing its contents purple. After 15 minutes, observations will be recorded to determine which substance moved across the membrane, indicating it is permeable to that substance. Diffusion of iodine into the baggie will demonstrate how cell membranes allow some substances to pass through.

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    How Can Diffusion Be Observed?

    Introduction: In this lab, you will observe the diffusion of a substance across a
    semipermeable membrane. Iodine is a known indicator for starch. An indicator is
    a substance that changes color in the presence of the substance it indicates.
    Watch as your teacher demonstrates how iodine changes in the presence of
    starch.

    Prelab Observations​: Describe what happened when iodine came into contact
    with starch.

    Procedure:

    1. Fill a plastic baggie with a teaspoon of cornstarch and a half a cup of water and tie bag. (This may
    already have been done for you)
    2. Fill a beaker halfway with water and add ten drops of iodine.
    3. Place the baggie in the cup so that the cornstarch mixture is submerged in the iodine water mixture.
    4. Wait fifteen minutes and record your observations in the data table
    5. While you are waiting, answer the questions.

    Questions:

    1. Define diffusion: ______________________________________________________________________________


    2. Define osmosis: ______________________________________________________________________________
    3. Why is iodine called an indicator? ________________________________________________________________
    4. Molecules tend to move from areas of __________ concentration to areas of __________ concentration.

    What's in the Bag?​ We're going to think about concentrations now, which substances are more or less concentrated
    depends on which one has the most ​stuff​ in it.

    1. Which is more concentrated in starch? [ beaker / baggie ]


    2. Which is more concentrated in iodine? [ beaker / baggie ]
    3. With regard to iodine, which is hypertonic? [ beaker / baggie ]
    4. With regard to starch, which is hypertonic? [ beaker / baggie ]

    Predictions

    1. If the bag is permeable to starch, which way would the starch move? [ into bag / out of bag ]
    2. If the bag is permeable to iodine, which way would the iodine move? [ into bag / out of bag ]
    3. If the bag is permeable to iodine, what color would you expect the contents to change? [ orange / purple / no change ]
    What about the solution in the beaker? [ orange / purple / no change ]
    4. If the bag is permeable to starch, what color would you expect it to change? [ orange / purple / no change ]
    What about the solution in the beaker? [ orange / purple / no change ]

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    Observations

    Starting Color Color after 15 minutes

    Solution in Beaker

    Solution in Bag

    Post Lab Analysis

    1. Based on your observations, which substance moved, the iodine or the starch?

    2. How did you determine this?

    3. The plastic bag was ​permeable​ to which substance?

    4. Explain how the bag is a model for the cell.

    5. Sketch the cup and baggie.


    Use arrows to illustrate how diffusion occurred in this lab. →

    6. What would happen if you did an experiment in which the iodine solution was placed in the baggie, and the
    starch solution was in the beaker? Be detailed in your description.

    7. Why is it not a good idea to store iodine in a plastic bag?

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