Egg Osmosis Poster

By: Evan Thomas and Noah Jones

 Egg Osmosis Poster
By: Evan Thomas and Noah Jones
16923 Norwood Rd, Sandy Spring, MD 20860
Background:
In this experiment, we Results:
tested how the passive Conclusions:
transport works. We tested Our hypothesis was wrong. It
this by placing the egg in gave the egg a different color
hypotonic and hypertonic but it lost 4.22 grams meaning
liquids. For example, the that it took away from the
vinegar. original egg.
Research Objective:
Our research objective is to
see the changes in the egg
weight after putting an egg in Future Directions:
various liquids. - Be more careful with egg
- Keep egg in cup and don’t
play around with it because it
Hypothesis: will break very easily.
The Seltzer will make the - Have more solid information
egg expand back down to about the egg
around its original
weight. Data:
Liquid Beginning Weight Ending Weight Amount of
(g) (g) Weight Gained
Methods: Acknowledgements:
or Lost (g)
We had many different We would like to thank Adam
methods/treatments. The first Vinegar 58.89 59.04 0.15 Keller for the use of his class
one was vinegar to dissolve Distilled Water 59.04 57.44 1.60 room and helping us through the
the egg shell, then we put it hard times like when noah
Kayro Syrup 57.44 36.30 21.14
in distilled water, then karo dropped his egg and that
syrup, and lastly grapefruit Grapefruit 36.30 32.08 4.22 monday night over thanksgiving
seltzer water. Seltzer break.