Ground Water Contamination Lab Report
Lab 2 – Water Quality and Contamination
Experiment 1: Effects of Groundwater Contamination
Table 1: Water Observations (Smell, Color, Etc.)
Beaker
Observations
1
Water is clear and uncontaminated.
2
All of the vegetable oil goes to the top of the beaker.
3
The water looks slightly cloudy but not too contaminated.
4
The water changed colors with the detergent and was clearly contaminated.
5
Water was murky from the dirt.
6
The water did not look as contaminated filtering with oil as it did with straight water and soil.
7
The color of the water was lighter but there seemed to be more soil residue in the cup.
8
The water looked more clouded by the detergent than the soil. It was not as brown as the other water(s) but that may have been because of the green detergent.
POST LAB QUESTIONS
1. Develop hypotheses on the ability of oil, vinegar, and laundry detergent to contaminate groundwater. **Everything has the ability to contaminate our groundwater, but it depends on the product to determine how bad it may contaminate the water. The least affected water to me was the vinegar solution. It was the lightest colored water which makes me feel like it is the less potent. The detergent had the …show more content…
Step 2 is to form a hypothesis. My hypothesis was that each contaminant would have a different and separate effect on the groundwater. The third step is to test your hypothesis which we did by adding different pollutants to each beaker. The fourth step is to analyze the results of the experiment. We did this by reporting our findings after each pollutant was added to each beaker. We observed the look and smell of each test beaker. The final step is to draw a conclusion based on the result. My conclusion is that everything has the ability to contaminate our groundwater and the intensity of the contamination depends on the product that is doing the
Experiment 1: Effects of Groundwater Contamination
Table 1: Water Observations (Smell, Color, Etc.)
Beaker
Observations
1
Water is clear and uncontaminated.
2
All of the vegetable oil goes to the top of the beaker.
3
The water looks slightly cloudy but not too contaminated.
4
The water changed colors with the detergent and was clearly contaminated.
5
Water was murky from the dirt.
6
The water did not look as contaminated filtering with oil as it did with straight water and soil.
7
The color of the water was lighter but there seemed to be more soil residue in the cup.
8
The water looked more clouded by the detergent than the soil. It was not as brown as the other water(s) but that may have been because of the green detergent.
POST LAB QUESTIONS
1. Develop hypotheses on the ability of oil, vinegar, and laundry detergent to contaminate groundwater. **Everything has the ability to contaminate our groundwater, but it depends on the product to determine how bad it may contaminate the water. The least affected water to me was the vinegar solution. It was the lightest colored water which makes me feel like it is the less potent. The detergent had the …show more content…
Step 2 is to form a hypothesis. My hypothesis was that each contaminant would have a different and separate effect on the groundwater. The third step is to test your hypothesis which we did by adding different pollutants to each beaker. The fourth step is to analyze the results of the experiment. We did this by reporting our findings after each pollutant was added to each beaker. We observed the look and smell of each test beaker. The final step is to draw a conclusion based on the result. My conclusion is that everything has the ability to contaminate our groundwater and the intensity of the contamination depends on the product that is doing the