RainbowLabReport

JackieTaylor September22nd,2013 Period5

Background: BeforeIstartedthislab,Iknewthattherearesevencolorsintherainbow.ROYGBIVis anacronymusedtohelppeoplerememberthecolorsoftherainbow.Red,Orange,Yellow, Green,Blue,Indigo,andVioletarethesevencolorsoftherainbow.Ialsoknewthatthereare threeprimarycolors:Red,Blue,andYellow.Inordertomakemorecolors,youmustmixoneof thethreecolors.Iwonderedhowmanycolorsareneededinordertomakethesevencolorsof therainbow. Hypothesis: IfImixthecolorsgiventome,thencanIcreateallofthecolorsoftherainbow? Procedure: Materials:Iusedagraduatedcylinder,abeaker,testtubes,water,andapipettodothis lab. Procedure: 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.MeasurethecontentsofeachtesttubeandrecordhowmanymLwere foundineachtesttube. 8.Answerquestions.

Results: TestTube A B C D E F ColorofLiquid Red LightRed Yellow Green Blue Purple TotalliquidtesttubesAF AmountofLiguidml 2mL 11mL 4mL 11mL 2mL 11mL 41mL

1. Namethecolorsthatyoucreated.___ 2. __Wecreatedthecolorslightred,blue,and green.___________________________________________________________________ _______________________ 3. HowmanymLofliquidwereineachtesttubeatthestartofthislab?Ineachtesttube, therewereA=16mL,B=11mL,C=11mL,D=11mL,E=13mL,F=11mL. Whyisitimportanttofollowdirectionsexactly?__Itisimportanttofollowdirections becauseitgivesyoutheresultsdesired. Whatwouldhavehappenedifyourmeasurementswerenotcorrect?__Thecolorswould nothavebeencorrectandwewouldhavedonethelabwrong, Lookatyourhands.Doyouhaveanystainsonyourhands?Ifso,thosestainsrepresent chemicalsthatwouldbeonyourskinrightnow!NoIdonothaveanycolorsonmyhands. 6.HowmanyTOTALmLofliquiddidyouhaveattheendofthelab?____41_____mL Howmanyshouldyouhave?____41________mL

7.Whataresomereasonswhyyoumayhavemoreorlessthanwhenyoustarted?_There mayhavebeenamiscalculationmade.

Results: The lab did not turn out the way I wanted it to. My hypothesis was incorrect because I did not actually makeallof therainbowcolors. I did notmakethe colorsorangeor indigo. Allofthe colorspoured into the test tubes correctly and nothing was spilled or measured incorrectly. The colors mixed the way they were supposed to andmy group wassatisfiedwith theresults. Allofthe liquids measured41mL. All oftheamountsinthetesttubeschangedfromtheoriginalamounts.Thisgraphstatesthedatarecorded: TestTube A B C D E F ColorofLiquid Red LightRed Yellow Green Blue Purple TotalliquidtesttubesAF AmountofLiguidml 2mL 11mL 4mL 11mL 2mL 11mL 41mL

Analysis: Myhypothesiswasdenied.IhadoriginallystatedthatIfImixedthecolorsgiventome, thenIcreateallofthecolorsoftherainbow.Icouldnotmakethecolorsorangeandindigo. ROYGBIVwasnotnotfullycreatedduringthelab.Allofthetesttubesstartedoutwith11mL. RedandBluehadtheleastamountofliquids.Theyonlyhad2mL.LightRed,Green,andPurple hadthemostamountofliquid.Theyallcontained11mLofliquid.Yellowhas4mLofliquid.I learnedhowtocarefullymeasureliquidsandIalsolearnedalittlebitoflabsafety.Ilearnedthat youneedtopayattentionwhenyouhaveanykindofchemicals.Wewerealsotoldtowear safetyglassesandapronstokeepusclean.Ibelievethepurposewastoteachuslabsafety.