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Question
i place a potato in water for about 20 minutes what happened in terms of water movement?
Assuming the water was not salt water the potato would have stiffened because water entered the potato. If you put it in salt water the water in the potato will leave and the potato would become flaccid. This is true only if you used slices of potato
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Walter Hintz
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Science teacher for over 50 years. MSc. in biology. I can answer questions in general biology, zoology, botany, anatomy and physiology and biochemistry.
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I have a MSc in biology and have been a science teacher for over 50 years. At present I am a faculty member at a college and a science consultant at seven catholic schools.
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The Ohio journal of Science
Momentum-The Journal of the Catholic Education Association
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