Physics plan and design

Title: plan and design

Scenario: Trump told Joe that he observed how water emerged from a hole near the base of a
plastic bottle. By filling it to different heights with water he concluded that the rate at which
water emerged from the hole depended on the height of the water in the bottle. Plan and
design an experiment to test Trump's observation.

Hypothesis: water would emerge from the hole at a faster rate with 800ml of water because
when a bottle contains more air ,it would expand before it starts to bubble.

Aim: to investigate the correlation of height on the flow rate.

Apparatus/materials: one(1) liter bottle,drill,water,timer ,100 mL graduated cylinder.

Method:

1. Drill a hole in the bottle roughly 10 cm from the bottom of the bottle.
2. Fill bottle with 900ml of water.
3. Make sure to seal the drilled hole with tape to prevent loss of water.
4. Drain the water from the liter bottle.
5. Use the timer such that you unseal the bottle at 0.00 seconds the let water drain from
the bottle for 1 minute .
6. Measure the amount of water drained by using the 100 mL graduated cylinder.
7. Record value.
8. Unscrew the cap on the liter bottle and replace water that was drained.
9. Repeat steps 2-9 one (1) more time for accuracy using 800ml of water.

Variables:
Controlled- temperature of the water used,size of bottle used
Manipulated- the height of water above the hole
Responding- flow rate of water out of the bottle

Expected results: the bottle with the less volume of water drained at a faster rate which means
the hypothesis was correct.

Precaution: when handling drill be cautious of the drill bit.

Source of error: minimum water was lost under the tape.