Name: Gavin

Date: 12/10/16
Class: Science C
Assignment:_Speed of Molecules
Purpose: To determine if the speed of molecules is dependent on temperature.

Hypothesis: If temperature lowers, the molecular motion will decrease, because the
attractions between the atoms..

Activity
Materials:
2 Clear Plastic Cups
1 Cup Hot Water
1 Cup Cold Water
Food Coloring (Blue and Yellow)

Procedure:
1. Fill one of the plastic cups with the hot water and one plastic cup with the cold
water.
2. Simultaneously place one drop of yellow and one drop of blue food coloring into
each cup of water.
3. Allow the colors to mix on their own for two minutes as you observe. (DO NOT
mix the water/color.)

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Questions to be investigated:
1. In the chart below, record your observations of what the colors looked like and
how they moved and mixed in each temperature of water.

Hot Water Observations

Hot water has more movement which

Cold Water Observations

Mixing speed is really slow. Dye is thick.

mixed the dye in faster. more soupy.

2. What do these observations tell you about the speed of molecules in hot and cold

water? The hot water mixed faster which shows that the molecules are moving
faster.

3. What were the controls in this experiment? Choose one and explain why it was

important to keep it the same for both the hot and cold water observations. the
dyes were the controls.

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Explain it With Molecules

Procedure:
1. Click, (you will need to hold the control button while you click), on the link below to
watch the animation of water molecules being heated and cooled. (Move the slider at
the bottom of the window to increase or decrease the temperature.)

www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/chapter1/lesson2#heating_and_cooling
2. Based on your observations and the animation, complete the statement below:
Heating a substance makes more molecular motion.
Cooling a substance makes less molecular motion.
As molecular motion increases, the space between molecules increases.
As molecular motion decreases, the space between molecules decreases.

3. Using circles to represent water molecules draw a model of the molecules in both hot
and cold water. (You can challenge yourself by drawing actual H2O molecules instead!)
*Use motion lines to show the speed of molecules.
* Consider the space between molecules in each temperature of water.
Cold: OO O O OOO O OO O O O OO OOOO
Hot: O O O O O

OO O

OO OO

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4. If you heat exact ally 100 mL of water in a graduated cylinder and then heat the
water to 100oC the volume will increase.
*Using what you know about the attractions between water molecules and the way heat
affects molecular motion; explain why the volume of water in the graduated cylinder
increases when heated.
The molecules aren't attracted as much so they expand their space freely