BURNING A CANDLE IN AIR – follow-up

So, you have done the investigation and collected some results. Put your results in
the table below.

RESULTS TABLE

Air volume in beaker (ml) Time flame burns (seconds) Average time (seconds)
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After an investigation is finished and the results are collected, we usually make a
graph or show the results. Construct a simple bar graph of each average to show your
results.
GRAPH
Time taken for flame to extinguish (secs)

Volume of beaker (ml)

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Now we should make a conclusion from our results. What do these results tell us
about a burning candle in different volumes of air? And can we explain our
conclusion? “This is what happened because ….” Write your conclusion in the space
below and your explanation.
CONCLUSION

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EXPLANATION

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Finally we evaluate what we have done. This means we think about how accurate
was our investigation and how could we have improved it. This is usually done by
numbered or bullet points, listing the difficulties and inaccuracies and their
solutions. Do that in the spaces below.
EVALUATION

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