Relating Mass And Volume
Relating Mass and Volume
Question:
What does mass have to do with the amount of space (volume) a liquid occupies?
Hypothesis:
I believe that the mass and volume is related because they both rely on each other for their purpose. If we fill the cylinder to a certain measurement (volume), then the mass will grow with it. There is a balance.
Materials:
- Distilled water
- Corn syrup
- Saturated solution of salt water
- Triple beam balance
- 150 mL (or larger
- Small plastic pipette
- 150 mL beaker with a pour spout
- Tissues
Procedure:
(On MANY pieces of paper, separate)
Observation:
We recorded our procedure in a chart, on this chart we noticed that volume and mass was very different on each liquid. We noticed that the Corn syrup had the lowest mass in the experiment, and the Distilled water had a high mass amount. For example (all liquids' volume at 10mL) Salt water: 90g, Distilled water: 97g, Corn syrup: 55.5g. We believe that this may have something to do with the particle theory. (Particle theory shown in Analysis)
Analysis:
Some of the variables that we noticed in our experiment, had to do with many things. Our first observation of a variable was how thin the liquid seemed. We thought that the syrup would have more mass than the Salt water. Our next observation was the triple beam balance. We noticed that on some occasions it wouldn't be an exact measurement and the beams would be rocking back and forth slightly from us moving it. Another observation, was the volume of the cylinder. On some occasions we noticed that we would have just a millimetre or so off from the the measurement. Our last observation was the particle theory. We noticed that the particles were all differently laid out in each liquid. The syrup seemed thick, but it must have had fast moving and far apart particles. The salt water I thought would have faster moving particles due to the saturated solution it had, therefore making it have spread out particles.
A)
We measured the cylinder
Question:
What does mass have to do with the amount of space (volume) a liquid occupies?
Hypothesis:
I believe that the mass and volume is related because they both rely on each other for their purpose. If we fill the cylinder to a certain measurement (volume), then the mass will grow with it. There is a balance.
Materials:
- Distilled water
- Corn syrup
- Saturated solution of salt water
- Triple beam balance
- 150 mL (or larger
- Small plastic pipette
- 150 mL beaker with a pour spout
- Tissues
Procedure:
(On MANY pieces of paper, separate)
Observation:
We recorded our procedure in a chart, on this chart we noticed that volume and mass was very different on each liquid. We noticed that the Corn syrup had the lowest mass in the experiment, and the Distilled water had a high mass amount. For example (all liquids' volume at 10mL) Salt water: 90g, Distilled water: 97g, Corn syrup: 55.5g. We believe that this may have something to do with the particle theory. (Particle theory shown in Analysis)
Analysis:
Some of the variables that we noticed in our experiment, had to do with many things. Our first observation of a variable was how thin the liquid seemed. We thought that the syrup would have more mass than the Salt water. Our next observation was the triple beam balance. We noticed that on some occasions it wouldn't be an exact measurement and the beams would be rocking back and forth slightly from us moving it. Another observation, was the volume of the cylinder. On some occasions we noticed that we would have just a millimetre or so off from the the measurement. Our last observation was the particle theory. We noticed that the particles were all differently laid out in each liquid. The syrup seemed thick, but it must have had fast moving and far apart particles. The salt water I thought would have faster moving particles due to the saturated solution it had, therefore making it have spread out particles.
A)
We measured the cylinder