INVESTIGATION Group Members: Title, Shehjad and Bhakti Concept being investigated: Gas Produced from Bicarbonate Soda

and Vinegar Research Question: How does changing the amount of bicarbonate soda affect the amount of gas produced? Independent variable: Bicarbonate Soda (the one you change) Dependent variable: (the one you measure) The Amount of Gas Produced

Controlled variables: (things that must stay the same so you will have a Fair Test) Vinegar, Beaker, Measuring Cylinder, Water Hypothesis: If the bicarbonate soda (independent variable) Increases (Increases/decreases), then the gas produced (dependent variable) will increase

This is because I think with more Bicarbonate Soda then the Reaction will become stronger and create a higher amount of gas

Materials:

The following materials will be used in this experiment Item Bicarbonate Soda Vinegar Plastic Tub Measuring Cylinder

Quantity 1g, 1.5g, 2g 5ml 1 1

20ml of air left in the Water beaker 1 Conical Flask 1 Test Tube

Procedure:

Follow these basic steps to carry out the investigation: 1. Add water to the tub till of it is filled 2. Add water to the measuring cylinder up to 50 ml 3. Put the funnel on top of the measuring cylinder and place the measuring cylinder upside down on the plastic tub 4. Add Bicarbonate Soda (with the correct needed amount) and 5 ml of vinegar to the conical flask 5. Attach one end of the tube to the conical flask and the other end of the tube to the measuring cylinder which is face down on the water. 6. Count down from 10 and then detach the tube from the measuring cylinder 7. Measure how much water was lost/gas Produced and repeat this step for other measurements of bicarbonate soda or other trials of the same amount

Quantitative Results:

Table 1: Gas Produced Average Results (Mean Average) Unit: ml

______________________ (independent variable) (unit) g

_________________ (dependent variable) (unit) ml Trial 1 30ml 35ml 39ml

_________________ _________________ (dependent (dependent variable) variable) (unit) ml Trial 2 32ml 30ml 30ml 30ml 22ml 23ml (unit) ml Trial 3

Bicarbonate Soda 1g Bicarbonate Soda 1.5g Bicarbonate Soda 2g

31ml 29ml 31ml

(Add columns as required!) Include a graph of the results. If possible include any calculations you have made.

Changes in Gas produced relationship with changes in amount of bicarbonate soda used
Amount of Gas Produced 31.5 31 30.5 30 29.5 29 28.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 Grams of Bicarbonate Soda

The results shown in this graph were only the average results.

Observations: (List the qualitative observations were made during the experiment) Before tube was attached to the measuring cylinder while it was in the tub about to be put into the cylinder it created bubbles coming up to surface on top of the tub There was sound coming out as the bubbles started to surface, the sound was the normal sound of bubbles when they surface Patterns/Trends in DATA: - What is the trend (increase/decrease) in the graph? Decrease then increase. There was no Pattern. The reaction was faster when we added more bicarbonate soda

What is the relationship between the independent and dependent variables? The Bicarbonate Soda is what caused the reaction with the vinegar which created to gas. The Bicarbonate Soda was the independent variable and the dependent variable was the amount of gas produced. Also if there is more Bicarbonate soda the reaction will happen more quickly.

Scientific Explanation: Explain the relationship scientifically: (Include any references you used) The research question of this practical was How does changing the amount of Bicarbonate Soda affect the amount of gas produced?. To test this, we changed the amount of Bicarbonate soda used each time and to make this a fair test we tested each amount of Bicarbonate Soda used 3 times. For reference to the procedure see above. In the end, we were unable to detect a pattern. The Bicarbonate Soda Reacts with the vinegar to produce gas but the results of how much gas was produced were random. There was in pattern as having more or less Bicarbonate Soda did not seem to affect the results highly. One Relationship would be that with more bicarbonate soda, the reaction happened more quickly.

Evaluation of EQUIPMENT: Think about the equipment you used and evaluate it. - Were you able to collect reliable data with the equipment you used? The equipment were reliable with the exception of some.
How could you improve the experiment by changing some equipment? The tub used needed to be filled with water up to 3 quarters. When we did this experiment, we filled it to what looked like 3 quarters but there were no measurements made. This made the tub have an inaccurate amount of water inside it.

Evaluation of PROCEDURE: Think about the procedure you followed and evaluate it. - Were you able to collect reliable data with the procedure you used? The procedure was good, but the flaw in making the data not as reliable was the equipment - How could you improve the experiment by changing some part(s) of the procedure? - Are the results reliable? Were there repeat trials? There were 3 trials altogether, the results are unreliable because of the equipment, I think it is unreliable because the results seem random -Are the results valid? Were there controlled variables (fair test)? Yes the results are valid, there were controlled variables and it was a fair test

Further investigation: (After seeing the results of this experiment, what are you interested in testing next?) I would still like to find out more about the amount of bicarbonate soda used and how much gas is produced. I would like to be able to test this in a more accurate way If there was a different experiment I want to try, it would be How much Pressure is needed to send a bottle flying to the other end of the room. Gas causes pressure. So I would like to know how much gas is needed so that if it got inserted into a bottle that it would be sent to the other side of the room. This investigation requires a large environment as it will cause a blast.

Conclusion: According to the results, what is the answer to the Research Question? The experiment showed that there is no pattern or trend by increasing the amount of bicarbonate soda used This is because (scientific reason) __the test was most likely inaccurate at some point This relates/does not relate to the hypothesis because I thought there would be a pattern, I thought that increasing the amount of Bicarbonate Soda used would increase the amount of gas produced