Explain why the mass of the model cell in Beaker 1 was 12 grams after 24 hours.
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The model cell in Beaker 1 began with the smallest concentration of blue
dye solution of any model cell in the experiment. Because this cell had the
most water, it also had the greatest mass.
The model cell in Beaker 1 began with the greatest concentration of blue
dye solution of any model cell in the experiment. Because this cell had the
most blue dye, it also had the greatest mass.
Water from the beaker entered the model cell in the process of osmosis.
This caused the mass of the cell to increase, and the concentrations of
model cell solution and the beaker solution to become more similar.
Water from the beaker exited the model cell in the process of osmosis.
This caused the mass of the cell to decrease, and the concentration of the
cell solution to become greater than the concentration of the beaker:
solution.