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THAT THE SOIL FROM MIDDLE OF HANGING ROCK HOLDS THE MOST WATER HYPOTHESIS By : Kat, Asha-Mae, Amber, Annie, Campbell

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T H AT T H E S O I L F R O M M I D D L E O F H A N G I N G R O C K H O L D S T H E M O S T WAT E R

HYPOTHESIS

By :Kat, Asha-Mae, Amber, Annie, Campbell

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PROCEDURE

• Get enough plastic cups so there is one for each sample.• Label each cup with one type of soil.• Photograph each soil sample and write dot points on what it looks like,

feels like and its colour.• Fill each cup with its matching sample.• Fill each cup with 150ml of cold water.• Leave next to each other in a cupboard for an hour.• When the hour is up take them out of the cupboard at the same time.• Place one cloth over each up.• Prepare the measuring cup.• Turn over first cup and drain water into the measuring cups.• Measure and write down data.• Rinse measuring cup and repeat step for remaining three cups.• Once they’re all measured and data has been collected figure out the

cup that drained the least amount of water.• The cup which drained the least water is the one that is most

absorbent.

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OBSERVATIONS

Red Dirt - dark , rough , earthy smell, particles, cake mixture

The top of Hanging Rock soil - smooth, dry, very fine, light, light brown

Sand - rough, light, fluffy, prickly, dry, crumbled cookies, white colour

Middle of Hanging Rock soil - soft, cold, damp, moist, dark brown

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DATA

Red Dirt – Absorbed 20ml, left 30ml

Middle of Hanging Rock – Absorbed 35ml, left 15ml

Top of Hanging Rock – Didn’t absorb any, the dirtwas dry, 50ml left

Sand – Absorbed 35ml, left 15ml

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CONCLUSION

The soil from the middle of Hanging Rock and the sand from Newham P.S absorbed the most water in an hour and a half. Both samples managed to absorb 35ml.