In the end, what happened?
In this experiment, osmosis and diffusion were shown. Osmosis was shown by the movement of water particles through the eggs selectively permeable membrane. This was observed when the egg was opened and what could be seen was a green colored yoke. This happened because the green water had entered the egg and in the process coloring all other fluids within the egg; green. Diffusion and equilibrium were also shown. Before the egg was placed in the green water, the water’s volume had been checked and recorded. After 24 hours of refrigeration the water volume had decreased by five. This showed that equilibrium had been attempted to be created. This also is known as diffusion. When I observed the diffusion and osmosis within the egg, I noticed that corn syrup could not perform osmosis within the egg nor could it perform diffusion. Both of my hypothesizes were proved correct as the egg its self did turn green and the egg in corn syrup turned brown. The independent variable was the substance that the egg was submersed in, the dependent variable was the state of the egg after its submersion. Finally, the controlled variables were the type of egg, the size of beaker, amount of time in the substance and the method used to place and take the eggs out or in of the beakers.