EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -If a gummy bear is placed in water, then the gummy bear will swell. If a gummy bear is then placed in a higher salt water concentration, then the gummy bear will decrease in volume and mass. The mass and volume of a gummy bear that is placed in a salt solution will decrease due to the effect of osmosis.

Detailed explanation-2: -The gummy bears get bigger or smaller after soaking in the liquids because of a process called osmosis. Osmosis lets water pass in or out of a cell’s membrane in an attempt to equalize the molecules inside and out.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Science Behind The Gummy Bear Experiment The concentration of particles in the saltwater solution is higher than the particles inside the gummy bear, and so the water that is in the bear travels out, making the bear decrease in size, or “shrink”. The control gummy should remain unchanged.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gummy Bear has a selectively permeable coating which will allow water molecules to diffuse across, but inhibiting other larger molecules. In this osmosis experiment the water molecules move into the bear, thus enlarging it.

Detailed explanation-5: -A gummy bear will grow when placed in a variety of liquids by using the process known as osmosis. Since the gummy bear water was removed when it was created when a gummy bear is placed in water the water will move into the bear by osmosis.