Imagine a balloon is made from a membrane that's permeable to water but not sucrose molecules. how would the concentration of sucrose inside the balloon be affected if the balloon is filled with a 50% sucrose solution and then placed in a beaker of water?

The concentration of sucrose will decrease.

Explanation:

The balloon contains 50% sucrose solution.

Diffusion is the net movement of the substance from the region of the higher concentration to the region of the lower concentration.

Given that the membrane is only permeable to water not sucrose. So, movement of sucrose will not take place. When the balloon is placed in a beaker of water, by the process of diffusion, the water moves from beaker to balloon and thus, the balloon will expand and the concentration of sucrose solution will decrease.

answer : one can design an experiment using a liquid and an additive that can be added to the liquid and observe the chemical changes in the reaction species.

one would need a beaker which is filled with a known amount of the liquid in which thermometer is placed to measure the temperature changes; after addition of the additive to the liquid solution one can note down the temperature change and find whether the reaction is endothermic or exothermic in nature. by subtracting the initial temperature value with the final temperature one can find the temperature changes.

various combinations of liquid and additive can be used. liquid in this case can be a known quantity of water and additives can be epsom salt or without epsom salt the experiment can be conducted to notice the changes. water and ice, hydrogen peroxide and dry yeast, vinegar and baking soda,etc.