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| | AT1- Osmosis In Potatoes |
 | | The reason for the minus results for 1 molar concentration is that the solution has a lower concentration of water to that of the potato, and so, by osmosis water moves from the potato to the solution, causing the weight to decrease. |
 | | This means, that as the concentration of glucose increases in a solution, the concentration of water decreases, lessening the solution’s water potential, and lessening its ability to move between solutions by osmosis. |
 | | Relating this to the potato chips: basically, as the concentration of glucose in each solution increases, the water in that solution is less able to move to the potato, causing water from the potato to move to the solution, decreasing its length, weight and width. |
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