CANDLE

OXYGEN
PULL
 BIG QUESTION
What happens
when a candle
burns inside a
covered container?
 HYPOTHESIS

I predict that the candle will use up the oxygen

inside the container, and as it burns, it will create
a vacuum, causing the water to rise inside the
container.
 Candle
MATERIA
LS Small bowl or dish

Water

Clear cup

Matches or lighter
 PROCEDURE (STEPS):
Set up the experiment:

Prepare the candle

1 -Fill the small bowl
or dish with water.
2- Place the clear cup
upside down on top of using matches or a
the bowl, making sure
it creates a seal and no
air can get in.
Observe and record
Allow the candle to burn
Light the candle out
1-Watch what happens
lighter. to the water level in the
bowl as the candle Let the candle burn until it
burns.
goes out on its own.

2- Record any changes

in the water level inside
the cup.
 CONCLUSION
My experiment showed that when a candle burns inside a covered container, it uses up the

oxygen, creating a vacuum. This vacuum pulls the water into the cup, demonstrating the

connection between oxygen consumption and the rise of water level.

 WHAT I LEARNED
Oxygen Vacuum
Air Pressure
Consumption: Formation
I learned that I discovered that I learned about
candles need as the candle the role of air
oxygen to burn, burns, it creates pressure and
and they a vacuum, how it affects
consume the pulling the the movement
oxygen inside a water up into of water in the
closed space the cup. experiment.