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Labreport1 Waterpennypaperclips
Labreport1 Waterpennypaperclips
Mr.Shores
Period4
20August,2015
Part1
Myhypothesisforlabawas3paperclipscouldfitintothebeakerbeforeitover
flowed.Ithoughtitwouldbethreebecausethebeakerwasfilledcompletelytothetop.I
wasthinkingthatoncearound3paperclipswereinthebeakeritwouldoverflow.The
hypothesisImadeforthepennywas9dropsofwater.Thepennyhasverylittlespace
forsomethingtostayontillitoverflows.
Part2
LabA
LabB
89
77
86
84.0
17
12
27
18.7
Part3
ThehypothesisImadeforbothlabswerefarofffromwhatwegot.Ibelievethat
watercanholdalotmoremass.Ithinkthepennylabwasanexampleofcohesion.The
waythewaterstucktogethershoweditwaswatermoleculesstickingtootherwater
molecules.Duringthepennylabweaddedwatertothewaterontopofthepenny
insteadofitaddingtothepenny.Thepapercliplabwasanexampleofadhesion.When
wewereputtingthepaperclipsinthebeakerthewatermoleculeswerestickingtothe
paperclip.Therewasnowaterbeingaddedinsteaditwaspaperclips.