The Candle Vacuum
Question:
How can you make water level in a glass jar rise?
Hypothesis:
By heating the air in the glass jar with a candle.
Procedure:
Water, paper towels and fire extinguisher. |
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The Science behind it
The water level inside the glass jar rises because the burning candle heats the air inside the jar.
The air inside the jar now has a higher pressure than the air outside the jar. The air ouside the jar is called "atmospheric pressure." When the air in the jar cools, its pressure is lower than the atmospheric pressure outside the jar. This creates a partial vacuum, which can not last for a long time!
The higher pressure of the air outside the jar pushes down on the water in the pie plate and forces it up into the jar.
The air inside the jar now has a higher pressure than the air outside the jar. The air ouside the jar is called "atmospheric pressure." When the air in the jar cools, its pressure is lower than the atmospheric pressure outside the jar. This creates a partial vacuum, which can not last for a long time!
The higher pressure of the air outside the jar pushes down on the water in the pie plate and forces it up into the jar.
Conclusions
In conclusion we accept our hypothesis, because when the candle heats the air inside the jar, the pressure of the air inside jar also rises. When this happens the high pressure outside the jar pushes down on the water in the pie plate and forces the water into the jar. This is do to the partial vacuum.
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