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Observations- our teacher walked over and put down an aluminum pie bowl.

Inside he put in about a half and inch of Zephyrhills water and added about 5-7 drops of blue food coloring. Then he stirred the food coloring into the water with the back of his pencil until all of the water was a light blue. The he pulled about a half an inch of clay from this huge ball of clay and rubbed it in his hands until it former the shape of a ball. Then he but the ball in the middle of the bowl and stuck the clay to the bottom in the middle. Then he took a normal pink birthday candle and stuck it into the clay with the wick side coming out. He took a lighter and lit the candle. As the candle was burning he took a jar about and inch in diameter and with the idea of covering the candle with the jar. He had it that the candle was inside the jar with the lip of the jar in the water. We waited about 20 seconds when the candle burnt out. And then the water inside the jar rose upward

Question-Why did the water rise?

Explanation-For the first experiment, if fire heats up air, air expands and
escapes the jar, this creates a low pressure in the jar and higher pressure outside of the jar pushes H2O up into jar. For the second experiment we did, if the fire tried to pull the O2 out of the H2O to stay lit.

Experiment- In this experiment it included a candle, lighter, aluminum tray,


water, food coloring, clay, and a jar. With all of these instruments we finally conducted our experiment. For the 2 different experiments we did, each one was completely different, we had to use the same materials that we had but we approached it very different. For the first one we put clay around the lip of the jar. So when we put the jar in the water with the lip facing down and the candle being at the center of the jar. So when the candle burnt out in the jar the water could not rise because the water could not come in. For second experiment we had the lighter lit and but it into the jar and kept it lit to burn up the oxygen in to the jar. (For how I original experiment went look at observation)

Expected results- The first experiment, If fire heats up air, air expands and
escapes jar, this creates a low pressure in jar and higher pressure outside of the jar pushes H2O up into jar, and we did the experiment but put clay all around the rim of the jar to stick to the bottom of the tray to not let air out, then the water should not rise. For the second experiment, If the fire tried to pull the O2 out of the H2O to stay lit, and we do the experiment but heat the inside of the jar to burn the oxygen before putting it on right way, then the water should not rise.

Actual Results-1.

The water did not rise.

2. It did rise

Conclusion- 1. If fire heats up air, air expands and escapes jar, this creates a low
pressure in jar and higher pressure outside of the jar pushes H2O up into jar, and we did the experiment but put clay all around the rim of the jar to stick to the bottom of the tray to not let air out, then the water should not rise, and it did not rise, therefore we were right in saying that the air does need to escape in order for the water to rise. 2. If the fire tried to pull the O2 out of the H2O to stay lit, and we do the experiment but heat the inside of the jar to burn the oxygen before putting it on right way, then the water should not rise, but it still did rise, therefore trying to pull the O2 out of H2O from the water does not change anything.

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