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Osmosis

Chemistry
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- Cells
- Circulation
- Digestion
- Enzymes
- Osmosis
- Photosynthesis
- Plants
- Predator Prey
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Osmosis is a simulation of the classic potato experiment. It comes with animations to show what happens at both the cellular and molecular level.

Osmosis

You’ll use it to:

Describe what happens in the experiment and explain why.
Investigate what happens when you change the concentration of the solution surrounding the potato and explain why.
Show how cells become turgid or plasmolysed.
Practise investigations with less hassle and no washing up.
Compare what happens in the real experiment to the simulation.