AmandaKlassen

September25,2013 Period5

RainbowLabReport
Background: Thislabwasperformedtotryandcreatearainbowoutofwatermixedwithfoodcoloring.A rainbowisanarcofcolorsformedintheskywhensunlightinonepartoftheskyreflectsoff ofrainfallinginanotherpartofthesky.Arainbowismadeupofsevencolors:red,orange, yellow,green,blue,indigo,andviolet.Thecommonlyusedacronymusedfortheinitialsof thesecolorsisRoyG.Biv.Duringthislabwestartedoutwiththecolorsred,yellow,andThe questionIaskedmyselfbeforeIperformedthislabwas,Howarewegoingtochangethe threecolors(red,yellow,andblue)intoallofthecolorsofarainbowifwedonthavethat muchofeachcolorliquidtobeginwith? Hypothesis: IfImixmeasuredamountsofthered,yellow,andblueliquidstogether,thenIwillendup withallsevencolorsoftherainbow. Procedures: Part1: 1.Label6testtubesinorder:A,B,C,D,E&F. 2.Fillabeakerhalffullwithwater.Usethistorinseyourgraduatedcylinderandtesttubes. 3.Thesecondbeakerisforcontaminatedwastewater. 4.IntotesttubeA,measure17mLofREDliquid. 5.IntotesttubeC,measure11mLofYELLOWliquid. 6.IntotesttubeE,measure13mLofBLUEliquid. Part2: 1.FromtesttubeC,measure4mLandpourintotesttubeD. 2.FromtesttubeE,measure7mLandpourintotesttubeD.Swirl. 3.FromtesttubeE,measure4mLandpourintotesttubeF. 4.FromtesttubeA,measure7mLandpourintotesttubeF.Swirl. 5.FromtesttubeA,measure8mLandpourintotesttubeB. 6.FromtesttubeC,measure3mLandpourintotesttubeB.Swirl. 7.SAVEyourresults.MeasurethecontentsofeachtesttubeandrecordhowmanymL werefoundineachtesttube. 8.Answerquestions.

Results:
Data:Table1:TestTubeResults TestTube A B C D E F ColorofLiquid Red LightRed Yellow Green Blue Purple Totalliquidtesttubes AF AmountofLiquidml 2ml 11ml 4ml 11ml 2ml 11ml 41 ml

Analysis:
1.Namethecolorsthatyoucreated. Wecreatedthecolorslightred,green,andpurple. 2.HowmanymLofliquidwereineachtesttubeatthestartofthislab? IntesttubeAtherewere17mlofliquid,testtubeBhad0mlofliquid,testtubeChad11 mlofliquid,testtubeDhad0mlofliquid,testtubeEhad13mlofliquid,andtesttubeFhad0 mlofliquid. 3.Whyisitimportanttofollowdirectionsexactly? Itisimportanttofollowdirectionsexactlybecauseifyoudont,yourresultswouldnotbe correct. 4.Whatwouldhavehappenedifyourmeasurementswerenotcorrect? Ifourmeasurementshadnotbeencorrect,thenthecolorswouldnothaveturnedout correctlyandwewouldnthavehadthecolorsoftherainbow.

5.Lookatyourhands.Doyouhaveanystainsonyourhands?Ifso,thosestains

representchemicalsthatwouldbeonyourskinrightnow! Ididnothaveanystainsonmyhands,thereforeIwouldnothavehadanychemicalson myskin.

6.HowmanyTOTALmLofliquiddidyouhaveattheendofthelab? Ihad41totalmillilitersattheendofthislab. Howmanyshouldyouhave? Ishouldhavehad41millilitersattheendofthislab. 7.Whataresomereasonswhyyoumayhavemoreorlessthanwhenyoustarted?

Youmayhavehadmoreorlessthanwhenyoustartedbecauseyoumaylosesome whenyoutransferliquidsfromonecontainertoanotherandyoumaygainsomeafteryou rinseoutyourcontainersandthereisstillsomewaterleftinyourcontainer. Conclusion: Myhypothesiswas,IfImixmeasuredamountsofthered,yellow,andblueliquidstogether, thenIwillendupwithallsevencolorsoftherainbow.This,however,didnothappenfortwo reasons.First,ourinstructionsdidnottellustheamountsofeachliquidneededtocreate thecolorindigo,sothatalreadyrulesitdownto6colorsoftherainbow.Second,whenwe mixedtogethertheredandyellowliquidstocreateorange,itonlyturnedouttobelightred. Wetriedmixingtheamountsofredandyellowgivenontheinstructionstwicetoseeifwe couldcomeupwiththecolororange,butbothtimesitturnedoutlightred.IfIweretofurther studythis,Iwouldtryaddingmoreoftheyellowliquidtotheredinordertocomeupwith orange.IwouldalsotrymixingcolorstoseeifIcouldcomeupwithindigo,thenIwould havebeenabletocreateallthecolorsoftherainbow.Inthisexperiment,Ilearnedthatyou havetobecarefulwithyourmeasurementsandwhiletransferringcontainerssothatyour measurementswillcomeoutcorrectly.