AS COLD AS ICE

WHICH LIQUID FREEZES THE FASTEST:

TAP WATER, WATER WITH SALT, OR WATER
WITH SUGAR?
TAP WATER FREEZES AT THE TEMPERATURE 0 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT AND UNDER. WATER WITH SALT ONLY
FREEZES AT THE TEMPERATURES 21 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT AND UNDER . WATER WITH SUGAR FREEZES
WITH TEMPERATURES -31.836 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND
UNDER. 1 GRAM OF A SOLUTE PER LITER DECREASES THE
FREEZING POINT BY -33.696 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE
MORE OF THE SOLUTE ADDED THE MORE THE FREEZING
POINT DECREASES.
 HYPOTHESIS
IF I PUT 4 OUNCES OF TAP WATER IN THREE CUP, ONE
WITH SALT, ONE WITH SUGAR, AND ONE WITH NOTHING
BUT TAP WATER. THEN THE CUP WITH ONLY TAP WATER
WILL FREEZES THE FASTEST.
 MATERIALS

I. THREE CLEAR GLASS CUPS

II. ONE FREEZER
III. 355 .188 MI OF WATER
IV. ONE ONE CUP BREAKER
V. TAP WATER
VI. SALT
VII. SUGAR
VIII. SPOON
IX. TIMER
 PROCEDURES

a) GATHER ALL MATERIALS

b) PUT 118.394 ML OF WATER IN EACH CUP
c) PUT TWO TEASPOONS OF SALT IN ONE CUP
d) PUT TWO TEASPOONS OF SUGAR IN ONE CUP
e) PUT A NAME TAG ON EACH CUP
f) TAKE PICTURES
g) PUT ALL CUPS IN THE FREEZER
h) CHECK CUPS EVERY 10 MINUTES FOR 1 HOUR
i) RECORD DATA
j) REPEAT B-F FOR THE REST OF THE TRIALS
 VARIABLES

i. INDEPENDENT- THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE IN MY

EXPERIMENT IS THE TYPE OF LIQUID.
ii. DEPENDENT- THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE IS THE AMOUNT OF
TIME IT TAKES THE WATER TO FREEZE.
iii. CONTROL- THE CONTROL VARIABLES ARE THE CUPS AND
THE FREEZER.
QUANTITATIVE DATA
QUALITATIVE DATA
 RESULTS

IN MY EXPERIMENT I WANTED TO FIND OUT “ WHICH LIQUID

FREEZES THE FASTEST: TAP WATER, WATER WITH SUGAR, OR
WATER WITH SALT?”. FIRST THE TAP WATER FROZE WITHIN 40
MINUTES IN MY FIRST TRAIL. THEN IT FROZE WITHIN 50
MINUTES. LASTLY, IT FROZE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. THEN THE
WATER WITH SUGAR FROZE IN THE FIRST TRAIL WITHIN 50
MINUTES. AFTER IT FROZE WITHIN 1 HOUR. LASTLY, IT TOOK 40
MINUTES TO FREEZE. LAST IS THE WATER WITH SALT. IN THE
FIRST TRAIL IT TOOK 1 HOUR AND 40 MINUTES. NEXT IT TOOK 1
HOUR AND 30 MINUTES. FINALLY IT TOOK 1 HOUR.
 CONCLUSION

THE PURPOSE OF THE EXPERIMENT WAS TO FIND OUT WHETHER

TAP WATER, WATER WITH SALT, OR WATER WITH SUGAR WOULD
FREEZE FASTER. MY HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT TAP WATER WOULD
FREEZE FASTER. MY HYPOTHESIS WAS CORRECT. THE TAP WATER
FROZE THE FASTEST. MY MAJOR FINDING IS THAT EVERY GRAM
OF SOLUTE ADDED -28.652 OF THE FREEZING POINT DROPS. WHAT
COULD HAVE AFFECTED MY RESULTS IS THAT MAYBE THE
TEMPERATURE OF FREEZER WAS TO HIGH FOR THE SUGAR OR
SALT WATER.
 APPLICATION

I CAN IMPROVE MY EXPERIMENT BY MAKING SURE THE

TEMPERATURES ARE LOW ENOUGH FOR ALL THE WATER. MY
EXPERIMENT CAN BE USED IN A DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. IT CAN BE
USED BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO FREEZE TAP WATER YOU KNOW
NOT TO LEAVE IT IN THE FREEZER FOR TO LONG. THIS
INVESTIGATION LEAD ME TO FEW QUESTIONS. ONE OF THEM IS “
WHY DOES SALT WATER TAKE SO LONG TO FREEZE. “ ALSO IT
LEAD ME TO THINK “ WHY DOES THE SOLUTE DECRESE THE
TEMPERATURE INSTEAD OF INCREASING IT? “.
 ABSTRACT

MY INVESTIGATION WAS “WHICH LIQUID FREEZES THE FASTEST:

TAP WATER, WATER WITH SALT, OR WATER WITH SUGAR?” MY
HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT IF I PUT WATER, WATER WITH SUGAR,
AND WATER WITH SALT THEN THE WATER WOULD FREEZE THE
FASTEST. I USED THREE CLEAR GLASS CUPS. I ALSO USED ONE
FREEZER AND 355.188 ML OF WATER. I ALSO USED ONE 1CUP
BEAKER AND TAP WATER. LASTLY, I USED SALT SUGAR A SPOON
AND A TIMER.
 ABSTRACT PARAGRAPH 2

THEN I GATHERED MY MATERIALS AND I PUT 118.394 ML OF WATER

IN EACH CUP. AFTER, I PUT TWO TEASPOONS OF SALT IN ONE CUP
AND I PUT TWO TEASPOONS OF SUGAR IN ONE CUP. THEN I PUT A
NAME TAG ON EACH CUP. AFTER I TOOK PICTURES AND THEN I PUT
ALL CUPS IN THE FREEZER. AFTER A WHILE I CHECKED THE CUPS
EVERY 10 MINUTES FOR 1 HOUR. LASTLY I RECORDED MY DATA. MY
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE IS THE TYPE OF LIQUID. MY DEPENDENT
VARIABLE IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES THE WATER TO
FREEZE. MY CONTROL VARIABLE ARE THE CUPS AND THE FREEZER.
 ABSTRACT PARAGRAPH 3

FOR MY RESULTS I SAW THAT THE TAP WATER FROZE AT AN AVERAGE

OF 40 MINUTES. THE SALT WATER FROZE AT AN AVERAGE OF 1 HOUR
AND 30 MINUTES. LASTLY THE SUGAR WATER FROZE AN AVERAGE OF 1
HOUR. IN MY EXPERIMENT I WANTED TO FIND OUT “ WHICH LIQUID
FREEZES THE FASTEST: TAP WATER, WATER WITH SUGAR, OR WATER
WITH SALT?”. FIRST THE TAP WATER FROZE WITHIN 40 MINUTES IN
MY FIRST TRAIL. THEN IT FROZE WITHIN 50 MINUTES. LASTLY, IT
FROZE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. THEN THE WATER WITH SUGAR FROZE IN
THE FIRST TRAIL WITHIN 50 MINUTES. AFTER IT FROZE WITHIN 1
HOUR. LASTLY, IT TOOK 40 MINUTES TO FREEZE. LAST IS THE WATER
WITH SALT. IN THE FIRST TRAIL IT TOOK 1 HOUR AND 40 MINUTES.
NEXT IT TOOK 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES. FINALLY IT TOOK 1 HOUR.
 ABSTRACT PARAGRAPH 4

THE PURPOSE OF THE EXPERIMENT WAS TO FIND OUT WHETHER

TAP WATER, WATER WITH SALT, OR WATER WITH SUGAR WOULD
FREEZE FASTER. MY HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT TAP WATER WOULD
FREEZE FASTER. MY HYPOTHESIS WAS CORRECT. THE TAP WATER
FROZE THE FASTEST. MY MAJOR FINDING IS THAT EVERY GRAM
OF SOLUTE ADDED -28.652 OF THE FREEZING POINT DROPS. WHAT
COULD HAVE AFFECTED MY RESULTS IS THAT MAYBE THE
TEMPERATURE OF FREEZER WAS TO HIGH FOR THE SUGAR OR
SALT WATER.
 ABSTRACT PARAGRAPH 5

I CAN IMPROVE MY EXPERIMENT BY MAKING SURE THE

TEMPERATURES ARE LOW ENOUGH FOR ALL THE WATER. MY
EXPERIMENT CAN BE USED IN A DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. IT CAN BE
USED BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO FREEZE TAP WATER YOU KNOW
NOT TO LEAVE IT IN THE FREEZER FOR TO LONG. THIS
INVESTIGATION LEAD ME TO FEW QUESTIONS. ONE OF THEM IS “
WHY DOES SALT WATER TAKE SO LONG TO FREEZE. “ ALSO IT
LEAD ME TO THINK “ WHY DOES THE SOLUTE DECRESE THE
TEMPERATURE INSTEAD OF INCREASING IT? “.
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