Question

Biology students used raw eggs in an experiment on tonicity and osmosis. The students put their eggs into vinegar to remove the shells. The vinegar was used to remove the shell from the raw egg. What other effect(s) did the vinegar have on the egg?

Answer 1

The other effect the vinegar has on the egg is formation of bubbles on the eggshell due to the production of carbon dioxide.

Step-by-step explanation:

When egg is dropped in vinegar the shell gets digested by the vinegar. The shell of egg is made up of calcium carbonate. Vinegar is chemically diluted acetic acid which has the chemical name ethanoic acid.

Vinegar reacts with calcium carbonate to produce carbon dioxide and water. Release of carbon dioxide forms bubbles on the eggshell. Thus the reaction other than the removal of shell that takes place in the experiment is the formation of bubbles due to the production of carbon dioxide.