Results:

Iodine test Benedict’s test

Visking tube Blue / Dark blue / Purple Brick-red precipitate

Green / Yellow / Orange-red / Brick-
Beaker No change red precipitate

1. (a) (i) P1: Iodine test was no change / yellowish-brown in colour for solution sample from beaker //
Iodine test was turn to blue / dark blue / purple in colour for solution sample from Visking tube

P2: Benedict’s test was turn to green / yellow / orange-red / brick-red precipitate for solution
sample from beaker // Benedict’s test was turn to brick-red precipitate for solution sample from
Visking tube

(a) (ii) P1: starch molecules cannot pass through Visking tube
P2: glucose molecules can pass through Visking tube
(P1 or P2 must dependant to answer in 1(a)(i))

(b) (i) Molecules size

(b) (ii) Presence of molecules in the Visking tube and beaker

(b) (iii) Surrounding temperature and soaking time

(c) Only small molecules / glucose molecules are able to diffuse through a selectively permeable
membrane while a large molecules / starch molecules cannot diffuse through a selectively
permeable membrane

(d) (i) Starch and glucose

(d) (ii) Glucose

(e) P1: selectively permeable / semi-permeable

P2: allow small / glucose molecules to pass through
P3: prevent big / starch molecules to pass through