Paper Towel Experiment Lab Report
Arlind Mara
Paper Towel Lab Report
AP Biology
15 September 2011
Which Towel is The Quicker-Picker Upper! To determine which of the most popular paper towel brands such as Bounty and Marcal would be the Quicker-Picker-Upper I conducted the following experiment during which I dipped 6in X 6in squares of paper towels into 100mL and measured the amount of water absorbed by the towels in 20 seconds. After averaging all 3 trials for the paper towel brands that I tested I arrived to the conclusion that the Bounty Cooking paper towel is the Quicker-Picker-Upper as it absorbed about 21.8mL of the water in 20 seconds as oppose to Marcal (19.2mL) Stop & Shop (13.8mL) and the generic school brand (1.8mL).
Juice or water spills seem to be …show more content…
| Paper towel brand | Bounty Cooking | School (Generic) | Stop & Shop | Marcal | | Time | Amount | Time | Amount | Time | Amount | Time | Amount | Trial 1 | 20 sec | 22.5mL | 20 sec | 1.5mL | 20 sec | 12.0mL | 20 sec | 20.5mL | Trial 2 | 20 sec | 20.0mL | 20 sec | 1.6mL | 20 sec | 13.5mL | 20 sec | 21.5mL | Trial 3 | 20 sec | 23.0mL | 20 sec | 2.5mL | 20 sec | 16.0mL | 20 sec | 15.5mL | Average amount absorbed: | 21.8mL | 1.8mL | 13.8mL | 19.2mL …show more content…
Since Bounty Cooking paper towel absorbed the highest amount of water in 20 seconds, it is considered the quicker-picker-upper.
The data collected in this experiment supports the original hypothesis which stated that Bounty Cooking paper towel would absorb the greatest amount of liquid in 20 seconds because of its structure and texture which allows for it to absorb and retain more water than the other towels. Bounty absorbed 21.80mL of water, the highest amount when compared to the other brands such as Marsal (19.2mL), Stop&Shop Brand (13.8mL) and Generic School Brand (1.8mL), therefore Bounty Cooking paper towel is the Quicker-Picker-Upper and should be the towel used to clean liquid spills fast.
Although this experiment is supports the hypothesis enough to arrive at a conclusion like the one above, it did have some sources of error that might have affected the measurements therefore leading to invalid results. Some of these errors
Paper Towel Lab Report
AP Biology
15 September 2011
Which Towel is The Quicker-Picker Upper! To determine which of the most popular paper towel brands such as Bounty and Marcal would be the Quicker-Picker-Upper I conducted the following experiment during which I dipped 6in X 6in squares of paper towels into 100mL and measured the amount of water absorbed by the towels in 20 seconds. After averaging all 3 trials for the paper towel brands that I tested I arrived to the conclusion that the Bounty Cooking paper towel is the Quicker-Picker-Upper as it absorbed about 21.8mL of the water in 20 seconds as oppose to Marcal (19.2mL) Stop & Shop (13.8mL) and the generic school brand (1.8mL).
Juice or water spills seem to be …show more content…
| Paper towel brand | Bounty Cooking | School (Generic) | Stop & Shop | Marcal | | Time | Amount | Time | Amount | Time | Amount | Time | Amount | Trial 1 | 20 sec | 22.5mL | 20 sec | 1.5mL | 20 sec | 12.0mL | 20 sec | 20.5mL | Trial 2 | 20 sec | 20.0mL | 20 sec | 1.6mL | 20 sec | 13.5mL | 20 sec | 21.5mL | Trial 3 | 20 sec | 23.0mL | 20 sec | 2.5mL | 20 sec | 16.0mL | 20 sec | 15.5mL | Average amount absorbed: | 21.8mL | 1.8mL | 13.8mL | 19.2mL …show more content…
Since Bounty Cooking paper towel absorbed the highest amount of water in 20 seconds, it is considered the quicker-picker-upper.
The data collected in this experiment supports the original hypothesis which stated that Bounty Cooking paper towel would absorb the greatest amount of liquid in 20 seconds because of its structure and texture which allows for it to absorb and retain more water than the other towels. Bounty absorbed 21.80mL of water, the highest amount when compared to the other brands such as Marsal (19.2mL), Stop&Shop Brand (13.8mL) and Generic School Brand (1.8mL), therefore Bounty Cooking paper towel is the Quicker-Picker-Upper and should be the towel used to clean liquid spills fast.
Although this experiment is supports the hypothesis enough to arrive at a conclusion like the one above, it did have some sources of error that might have affected the measurements therefore leading to invalid results. Some of these errors