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The student conducted an experiment to determine what would happen if gummy bears were left in water overnight. Their hypothesis was that the gummy bears would get bigger as the water filled them up. They measured the mass, length, width, and height of one gummy bear and one gummy worm before and after leaving them in water overnight. The results showed the mass and volume of both gummies increased after being in the water. The conclusion is that the hypothesis was correct, as the water entered the gummies through diffusion, causing them to absorb the water and become larger.

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Thegummybearlab

The student conducted an experiment to determine what would happen if gummy bears were left in water overnight. Their hypothesis was that the gummy bears would get bigger as the water filled them up. They measured the mass, length, width, and height of one gummy bear and one gummy worm before and after leaving them in water overnight. The results showed the mass and volume of both gummies increased after being in the water. The conclusion is that the hypothesis was correct, as the water entered the gummies through diffusion, causing them to absorb the water and become larger.

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Taylor Bryant

Living Environment

12/6/14
Section 2
The Gummy Bear Lab

Problem: What would happen if you accidentally left gummy bears in water
overnight?
Hypothesis: If I leave the gummy in water then the gummi will get bigger
because the water fills up with it.
Materials:
1 Gummi Bear
1 Gummi Worm
Triple Beam Balance
Ruler
2 Cups
Graduated Cylinder
Procedure:
1. Get your materials, and label the cups gummi bear, & gummy worm.
2. Find the mass of your gummy bear, & gummy worm.
3. Measure the length, width, and height of each of them.
4. Multiply L x H x W to find the volume for each gummi.
5. Fill each cup half way up with water.
6. Add the gummy into each that is labeled cup
7. Put it in front of the room until the next day to see if anything happened.

Data Table:

Mass Day 1

Mass Day 2

Volume Day 1
(LxWxH)

Volume Day 2
(LxWxH)

Length: 1.5 cm
Width: 1 cm

Length: 3.7 cm
Width: 1.3 cm

Bear

Worm

3g

3.7g

11.3g

17.7g

Height: 1 cm
Volume: 1.5 cm3

Height: .5 cm
Volume: 2.4 cm3

Length: 14.2 cm
Width: .7 cm
Height: 1 cm
Volume: 9.94 cm3

Length: 13.2 cm
Width: 1.2 cm
Height: .3 cm
Volume: 4.752
cm3
(Some pieces fell
off)

Example

Conclusion:
What would happen if you accidentally left gummy bears in water
overnight? My hypothesis was correct because the gummy bear and gummy worm

got bigger because the water inside the gummy bear. I know that to be true because
the mass of each gummi was bigger on the second day after experiment then the
first day from the start of the experiment. The water went into the gummy bear,and
worm because of a thing called diffusion. Diffusion is when molecules move from
areas of high concentration to low concentration. The water was the place that had
the high concentration of the molecules. So when the gummy bear, and gummy
worm was in the cup with the water the high concentration of the water was going
into the low concentration of the molecules in the gummy bear, and worm.

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