1)
Sammy is performing an experiment to determine how fast the sun
can heat a container of water on a warm summer day. He filled a 1L
beaker with distilled water and placed it in direct sunlight (the outside
temperature is 27 °C. The organized his data in this data table.
If Sammy were to leave the container in the direct sunlight for an
additional hour, what would he expect the temperature to be?
Heating Water with the Sun
Time (minutes) Temperature (°C)
0
21
10
21
20
22
23
23
50
24
60
25
30
40
A) 24 °C
B) 26 °C
C)
30 °C
D) 32 °C
