This task is about collecting and showing data on a graph.
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Your teacher will give you a thermometer and a container with hot water in it.
Let this sit for 1 minute to allow the temperature to stabilise.
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• | Now record the temperature of the water and write this temperature in the table below at 0 minutes. | |
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Keeping the thermometer in the water, record the temperature changes at 1-minute intervals over ten minutes. |
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Water Temperature (°C) |
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On the grid below draw a graph to show your results over the 10 minute period. You will need to complete the x- and y- axes. |
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Temperature change of water each minute over 10 minutes
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