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    The student hypothesized that exposing contaminated water samples to increasing amounts of sunlight would decrease the bacterial content. They collected water samples and exposed them to 0, 2, 4, and 6 hours of sunlight. After culturing the bacteria, they found that samples exposed to more sunlight had fewer bacteria, supporting their hypothesis. This method of using sunlight to disinfect water could provide a low-cost alternative to desalination, especially for developing countries, but it requires a lot of time and sunlight and may not eliminate all bacteria.

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    The student hypothesized that exposing contaminated water samples to increasing amounts of sunlight would decrease the bacterial content. They collected water samples and exposed them to 0, 2, 4, and 6 hours of sunlight. After culturing the bacteria, they found that samples exposed to more sunlight had fewer bacteria, supporting their hypothesis. This method of using sunlight to disinfect water could provide a low-cost alternative to desalination, especially for developing countries, but it requires a lot of time and sunlight and may not eliminate all bacteria.

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    The student hypothesized that exposing contaminated water samples to increasing amounts of sunlight would decrease the bacterial content. They collected water samples and exposed them to 0, 2, 4, and 6 hours of sunlight. After culturing the bacteria, they found that samples exposed to more sunlight had fewer bacteria, supporting their hypothesis. This method of using sunlight to disinfect water could provide a low-cost alternative to desalination, especially for developing countries, but it requires a lot of time and sunlight and may not eliminate all bacteria.

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    SCIENCE TALENT

    SEARCH
    Is it possible to clense water
    with sunlight?

    HYPOTHESIS

    Is it possible to decontaminate water using sunlight?


    We hypothesize that by exposing samples of contaminated water to
    varying amounts of sunlight can affect the amount of bacteria
    present in the water

    To be more specific, If the time that the sample of contaminated


    water is exposed to sunlight is increased, Then the amount of
    bacteria in the water will decrease

    PERFORMING THE EXPERIMENT


    Method
    First, we collected our water samples from a completely stagnant body of water in Blue
    gum reserve. We then separated the samples into 4 250mL containers before sealing
    with a lid. We leave 1 sample as a control and putting the other samples in sunlight for 2,
    4, and 6 hours. We made sure to do this during 11 A.M when it was a sunny day to ensure
    that UV levels were consistent enough as to not make the experiment unreliable.
    Afterwards, we transfered the samples into petri-dishes with high protein gel to let the
    bacteria grow. We then moved those petri-dishes to a dark area that was at room
    temperature to further support bacteria growth.

    RESULTS FROM THE EXPERIMENT


    Results

    The results from our experiment supports our


    hypothesis, As the time the water is exposed to
    sunlight is increased, Then the amount of bacteria in
    the water decreased

    APPLICATIONS OF THIS DATA


    This could be used as an alternative to
    desalination
    PROS CONS
    -Virtually Free -Requires extensive amounts of time
    -Can sterilise very dirty water -Requires a large amount of sunlight
    -Available to all sunny countries -Doesn't kill all species of bacteria
    -Usable in small countries

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