My hypothesis is that the blue/violet part will have the highest temperature. The blue/violet part has the highest frequency out of all the colors on the visible light spectrum and it also has the highest amount of energy. Therefore, I hypothesize that it will have to the highest temperature as well.
After conducting the experiment, I noticed that during the duration of five minutes, the temperatures of all four thermometers increased. The thermometer in the shade after one minute was at 21°C and then after five minutes it was at 24°C. The thermometer in the blue/violet went from 26°C to 27°C. The thermometer in the yellow went from 26°C to 30°C. The thermometer just beyond the red went from 26°C to 32°C. The thermometer in the shade recorded the lowest temperature (21°C) and the thermometer just beyond the red recorded the highest temperature (32°C). After a minute, the thermometer just beyond the red, in the yellow, and in the blue/violet were all 26°C but the one beyond the red increased the most within the next four minutes. …show more content…
Within five minutes the thermometer just beyond the red increased more than any other thermometer. The thermometer in the shade did not increase until the last minute. The thermometers in the yellow and in the blue/violet increased too but not as much as the one just beyond the red. Just beyond the red of the visible light spectrum is considered infrared radiation. The heat felt from infrared radiation is what makes it appear “hotter” on a