• Observations and results
Did you observe the cucumber slices shrinking? The fresh cucumber should have remained very crisp and moist over the 30 minutes you observed it. This is because 96 percent of a cucumber is actually water. For the slices with salt, sugar or baking powder on top, you should have noticed that over time the substances became wet and soaked up the water from the cucumber. You probably had to exchange the salt most often throughout the activity. After 30 minutes, the experimental cucumber slices should have lost some weight and the slices may