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i) Pour sugar solution in the potato cup upto a level as shown by the pin in the figure. 

ii) Keep the potato cup in the bowl filled with water upto half the height of the potato cup.

Answer the following questions based on the above experiment

i) What is the aim of the experiment? 

ii) What will be the observation in this experiment?

iii) If the potato cup is filled with water and the beaker is filled with sugar solution, what will be the observation? 

iv) What is the difference between this experiment when compared with dried grapes (kishmish) kept in water?

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i) To prove osmosis in potato living cells. 

ii) Sugar solution level rises in potato cup beyond the point where needle placed. 

iii) Sugar solution level falls down in potato cup. 

iv) In both experiments endosmosis is observed in the cells.

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