Gas Laws Experiment

In Science Class we have moved from Biology to Physics and have already started of on Gas Laws. We did an experiment on which we had to use a syringe and five book. We then had to measure the pressure and volume each book had on the syringe and scale. At the end when all groups had their results we had to exchange them with two other groups, these are the results:

Table:

Graph:

Conclusion:

When we had all of the results, graphs and tables done, each one of us had to discuss the connection or relation between our results for Volume and Pressure. We figured that as the volume decreases the pressure tends to increase, and it sure does. We then had to read several pages from our science book and research about gas laws. After we had that done we had to analyze each of the gas laws to find out which one we are studying. At the end we concluded we are studying Boyle´s law. Boyle said that as the Volume goes down; Pressure goes up, which is extremely similar to our results. We also had to compare Boyle´s Law Graph to ours. Here is a picture of Boyle´s Law Graph:

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It is pretty similar to the one our group got, which is one more evidence to the Gas Law we are studying and probably will be learning about it loads more later one or in the future classes. Apart from having it´s broken syringes and lose caps, the experiment was fun and learning how to find out scientific facts on our own was awesome too. I loved it and hope to do it again!