Candle Lab
Materials
- Penny
- Test tube
- Candle
- Water
- Pie pan
Procedure
1. Put on your safety goggles and safety apron.
2. Fill the aluminum pan
1. Put on your safety goggles and safety apron.
2. Fill the aluminum pan
Observations
- Once the test tube was put over the lit candle, water was sucked into the test tube.
- The candle immediately burned out after the water filled half way up the test tube.
- When the candle was taken out of test tube, smoke rose from the test tube, and it felt "weird" and the water was cold but the steam was warm.
Conclusion
1. Oxygen is needed for the candle to burn.
2. When the test tube was inverted the candle went out and the water rose. This is because there was no oxygen left for he candle burned. The reason the water had risen was because
3. The temperature
4. The air pressure inside the tube