How Heavy Is A Bubble

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For my science fair project, I have decided to answer the following question: “How heavy is a bubble?” I chose this project because it deals with physics, a type of science that I enjoy, and because I love making bubbles. When doing this project, I have to find how the size of a bubble relates to how fast it falls. In order to do this project, I must make something to create the bubbles, then record how long it takes each one to fall. The rest of this paper will show the research I have put into my science fair project. It will also explain how I will eventually answer my main question: “How heavy is a bubble?” In this research paper, I plan to share the information that I’ve found about my project. I will start out with a description of the …show more content…

The experiments within my project should be able to fully answer my research plan questions. The first question to be answered is, “How is the size of a bubble related to how fast it falls?” Without air resistance, mass does not affect the speed at which something falls. Air resistance is the force that will be going against the bubbles falling. In the experiment, there will be multiple different sizes of bubbles including the presence of air resistance. Velocity depends on acceleration, time, and initial velocity, not mass. This leads to the next question to be answered. “How much does air weigh?” If air has mass, then that means it also has weight. However, the pressure of air depends on where you are on Earth, so it is difficult to determine exactly how much the air weighs in an area. Force and surface area are important parts of pressure, and go along with the experiments in my project. Gravity will also play a role in how each bubble falls. The next question is, “How long does it take for a bubble to fall?” This question depends on the other questions. In each experiment, I will record how long it takes for each bubble to fall with a stopwatch. Part of the experiment is seeing how fast each size falls. Finding out how fast they fall will help answer how heavy a bubble is; the final

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