In this lab, you will simulate birds with three different beaks. After watching the birds feed, you
will remove fruit to simulate a change in the
environment. What question are you answering by
doing this observation? Write it by filling in the
blanks below.
What is the effect of

on..

the potatoes have high sugar concentrations and although these potatoes were different we could seethe effects that their sugar concentrations had in different environments. for example, the potatoes in sample a, were placed in pure water. this created a hypertonic environment and caused the potatoes to draw in water from its surroundings. we saw the opposite happen with the potatoes in sample b when placed in the sodium chloride solution. the potatoes in this case were in a hypotonic solution and therefore lost water to their surroundings.