DALE BATTEN

Frost action

Grade 8

May 04, 2001

Question:

What effect does freezing temptress have on water?

Hypothesis:

when the water freezes the water/ice will expand.

Observation:

I completely filled the bottle with water making sure all the air bubbles where out I tightly capped the bottle and put in to a plastic bag. When I went to lunch I put it into the school freezer for the night.

Method:

The next day I checked the bottle of water to discover that one side of the bottle had been poped out.

Conclusion:

The freezing temperatures frozed the water, making it expand. My theory had been correct although I did doubt it.

Application:

In the real world, the water seeps into the pavements small cracks and freezes than expands which causes the pavement to crack, There seem to be no solution to this problem.