Air Distortion Lab Report

Hypothesis:
It’s crucial to predict the outcome of the experiment and provide a hypothesis. A hypothesis allows the researchers to think about their prediction in relation to the experiment’s outcome. In this case, I had a few hypothesis and predictions on this experiment. First off, refraction is the bending of light when it travels through different medium. Therefore, the light will bend and it will shift away from the original location. However, I don’t know where the shift will be, but according to the research done on types of mirage, I believe that there will be a downwards shift. This is a result of an inferior mirage due to the warmer air density underneath the cooler air. Originally, the light is expectedly traveling in a straight line. Due to the refraction and the temperature gradients, the light won’t be stable. Instead, the light will appear to be dancing, and the location will not be consistent. Lastly, as the light shift downwards, it’s going to shift either right or left. In a mirage, light’s not constantly stable. This is why people can see light rays shaking. When we conduct this experiment the light will shift downwards and the light rays shift right or left toward the original location.

Method:

Material:
This meant that it’s difficult to conduct an experiment inside a building due to the lack of temperature gradient. It is also difficult to conduct an experiment in our area, due to the lack of temperature densities. However, we conducted an experiment using lasers, and hot plates. We use a laser pen to resemble the light ray, and we use the hot plates to resemble to heated ground. Other materials used were aluminium foil, a piece of paper, tape, and a thermometer. To keep a consistent level with the laser and the hot plates, we used multiple clamps, and stands to support the