Conclusion
This experiment demonstrated clearly the process of osmosis. Osmosis is when water particles move from an area of higher concentration to a lower concentration through a selectively permeable membrane. For the egg in colored water, the hypotonic solution, there was a higher concentration of water in the colored water than in the egg. Therefore the water moved into the egg, causing it to swell. This shows that the water, demonstrating the process of osmosis, diffused from the colored water into the egg. The egg weighed more and the volume of the substance went down. For the egg in corn syrup, the hypertonic solution, there was a higher concentration of water inside the egg than in the corn syrup. Therefore the water moved out of the egg, causing it to shrink. The egg weighed less as a result of liquid being lost and the volume of the substance increased. This demonstrates the process of osmosis as the water diffused from inside the egg, the higher concentration to the corn syrup, the lower concentration. My hypothesis was supported as I stated that the egg submerged in colored water would swell, and it did swell and grow larger because of the process of osmosis. The effect the independent variable, which was the substance that the egg was submerged in, did in fact have the effect that I predicted on the dependent variable, which was the appearance and mass of the egg.