Final Hawking Group Explanation:

Based on the investigations we did in class and their results, I claim that air
is matter. When we had weighed a playground ball with no air in it, 297.4 grams.
After adding air the ball massed 299.7 grams. This proves that air has mass.
Also we had done another experiment to test whether air has volume.We took a
piece of paper and put it on the inside of a cup. Then we pushed the cup into a
bucket of water with the opening of the cup facing up. The paper got wet. The
whole thing was reset but this time the cup was pushed into the water with the
opening down. The paper did not get wet. . In this demonstration, you might
compare it to a wall blocking the airs way to escape.This is because two objects
made of matter can not be in the same place at the same time Once again the
experiment was done again but with the cup down and a hole in the bottom of the
cup. The paper got wet. When the air did not have a way to get to the surface of
the water it was trapped under the water in the cup. The air kept the water out of
the cup and the paper did not get wet. This shows that air has volume. The
definition of matter is physical substance that occupies space and possesses
mass. This is exactly what the air did, proving that it is matter. The paper did not
get wet the second time the experiment was run because air was taking up
space in between and the water. Air was forced together putting force between
the water and the air in the cup putting equal force. The paper and the water
could not reach the paper. This is because it is matter. Based on the
investigations we did in class and their results, I can conclude that air is matter.

Toa:
Massing Demonstration:I believe that Air takes up space and is

matter. This is true because in our experiment we took a

playground ball without air in it, and the mass of the ball was
297.4 grams. After air was added to the ball its mass was 299.7
grams. This means that when air was added, it added more mass.
That mass was 2.3 grams of mass, that was added onto the ball.
Mass can only be added if it is matter. Through our experiment
and results, this obviously proves, that air adds mass and is
matter.
Cups Demonstration: Air takes up space. This is proved through
our experiment and our results, such as how in demo. 2 the towel
didnt get wet because the air was pushing back. This happened
after the cup was fully submerged, meaning that the air had
nowhere to go because it was trapped. While the air was trying to
escape the water was pushing back like a wall, trapping the air in.
The fact that air takes up space is proven through our
experiments and our results.

Jacob:Based on the investigations we did in class I can conclude that air

is matter. When we weighed a playground ball with no air in it it, 297.4 grams.
After adding air the ball massed 299.7 grams. This shows that air has mass. We
also took a paper and put it on the inside of a cup. Then we pushed the cup into
a bucket of water with the opening of the cup facing up. The paper got wet. The
whole thing was reset but this time the cup was pushed into the water with the
opening down. The paper did not get wet. Once again the experiment was done
again but with the cup down and a hole in the bottom of the cup. The paper got
wet. When the air did not have a way to get to the surface of the water it was
trapped under the water in the cup. The air kept the water out of the cup and the
paper did not get wet. This shows that air has volume. The definition of matter is
physical substance that occupies space and possesses rest mass. This exactly
what the air did, proving that it is matter. The paper did not get wet the second
time the experiment was run because air was taking up space in between the
water and the paper and the water could not reach the paper. This is because it
is matter. In conclusion air is matter because it has mass and volume.

Krish:
I believe that the air is matter as we have done many tests to prove this. I
know that air is a matter in science class we did an investigation on
whether air mass has mass and whether it had volume. When I conducted
an experiment to see whether air has mass we took had taken a flat ball
with no air and massed weighed it. Its weight mass was 297.4 grams. W,

but when we pumped it up with air and weighed it once more the weight
was 299.7 grams. this shows that the air definitely has mass as, if it did not
than the weight of the ball would have not increased. Also I had done
another experiment to see whether air has volume. I performed this test by
taping a small bit of paper towel on the bottom of a cup and submerged it
up-right into the water, than the cup would be flipped upside down and
submerged, and finally we would add a hole at the top of the cup. During
the first demonstration where the cup would be submerged right side up the
water simply entered the cup directly making the paper towel wet. In the
second demonstration we had flipped the cup with the paper towel upside
down and submerged it. The result of this was that the paper towel had not
gotten wet due to the fact that, since the air in the cup was trying to escape
and at the same time the water was trying to fill the cup the air formed a
barrier protecting the paper towel. In the final demonstration I had kept the
cup flipped upside down, but at the top of the cup was a hole. The paper
towel had gotten wet due to the hole at the top of the cup, however right
after the water had gotten into the cup the air had escaped from the cup
and to the surface. From all of these three demonstrations, I know that air
has volume because if it didnt during demonstration 2 the water would
have gotten to the paper towel, but since the air had volume it had
prevented that from occurring. I knew that air has mass as, before I had
even conducted the experiments science class. I had watched a tv show
which showed an experiment to test whether air has mass or not. It was
called the balloon experiment. What they did was they had taken a ruler
and tied it to the ceiling, which was then hanging to balloons one of the
balloons had been blown up more than the other. If air has mass then the
balloon will be able to drag the ruler to the side its on and will lift the
smaller balloon. It did just that which meant that air has mass.

Jackie:

We did some experiments to see if air would take up

mass and with all our investigations that weve done, it has shown
that air does take up mass depending the
experiment/investigation that is being done. We did some
experiments to see if whether or not air would take up mass using
a paper towel, a cup, and water to do this investigation. In each of
the different demonstrations that we did, it has proved that air
does take up mass depending on the compact between the air in
the cup, how the cup in placed in the water, and the compact
between the air and water. Demonstration 1 had the cup facing

upright, with a paper towel so in that demonstration, the air didnt

take up mass because the water managed to fill the cup with
water. Demonstration 2 showed the air and water pushing at the
same force which caused no water to enter the cup. No water
entered the cup because the water and air put equal force so the
water couldnt enter the cup. Demonstration 3 had the cup facing
upside down with a hole at the bottom so the air escaped from
the cup through the hole. The air from the cup escaped so there
couldnt be any force being put between water and air when there
is no air. The water had nowhere to go but to enter the hole in the
cup. This concludes whether or not air takes up mass, and
depending on the situation or investigation you are doing, there
will always be either air taking up mass or air not taking up mass.