Adolfo Fletcher

Biology

19 October, 17:45

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