Gummy Bear Research Paper

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Which liquid do you think will make a gummy bear grow biggest? I put gummy bears into cups labeled with four different liquid names. The four liquids are water, salt water, vinegar and Coca-Cola. The gummy bears soaked in the liquid for 10 hours. I believe the gummy bear in the Coca-Cola cup will grow the most because of the sugar and bubbles.

Gummy Bears are mostly made of gelatin and sugar. Gelatin is a permeable substance which means it allows liquids to pass through it. A sponge is a good example of a permeable object. It allows liquid to pass through it and expands as liquid is trapped inside. A solid object, like a rock, is not permeable and will not allow water to pass through it. If you place a rock in a cup of water no water will pass through the rock making it expand. The rock will be the same size when removed from the water as it was when placed …show more content…

People often use vinegar to clean with or make salad dressing. The red gummy soaked in vinegar for 10 hours and grew .3 centimeters. That is less than the gummy bear in Coca Cola grew.

Have you ever been swimming in the ocean? Did your skin feel dry and tight when you got out? Because salt dries things out, the gummy bear in salt water did not absorb as much liquid as the others. After soaking in salt water for 10 hours, the yellow gummy bear measured 1.5 centimeters tall. The gummy bear was .5 centimeters shorter than when the experiment started.

The gummy bear in water was second biggest. Water is the source of life. The green gummy bear measured 3 centimeters after soaking in water for 10 hours. It grew 1 centimeter, but the gummy bear in Coca Cola grew 1.4 centimeters.

I predicted that gummy bears will grow the most when soaked in Coca Cola. The research shows I was correct. The gummy bear in vinegar grew .3 centimeters, the one in water grew 1 centimeter and the one in Coca Cola grew 1.4 centimeters. The gummy bear in salt water shrunk .5

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