Water Contamination Lab

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Materials and Methods Experiment 1 - Effects of groundwater contamination: Materials: The materials that was use in this experiment are 8-250ml beakers, permanent markers, 3 wooden stir sticks, 100 ml graduated cylinder, 10 ml vegetable oil, 10 ml vinegar, 10 ml liquid, laundry detergent, 240 ml soil, funnel, cheesecloth, scissors, and water. Procedure: The first thing you have to is use the permanent marker to label all 8 beakers.You then fill the beakers labeled 1 through 4 with 100 ml of water using the graduated cylinder. You will then add 10ml of vegetable oil to beaker 2. You will have to mix carefully with the wooden stir stick. Then add 10 ml vinegar to the third beaker 3, mix carefully. Get the fourth beaker and add 10 ml of liquid laundry detergent. You will get the cheesecloth and cut it into five different pieces so it will be 4 layers thick and can it can line the funnel. You will then get the soil and measure out 60 ml using the 100 ml beaker and place it into the cheesecloth lined funnel and place the funnel inside beaker 5. Then take the contents of beaker 1 and pour it through the funnel into beaker 5 for one minute. You now get remove the cheesecloth and soil from the funnel. Now will will record the observations in a table.…show more content…
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