Solutions Lab Report Instructions: In this laboratory activity, you will investigate how temperature, agitation, particle size, and dilution affect the taste of a drink. Fill in each section of this lab report and submit it and your pre-lab answers to your instructor for grading.

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Objective(s):

Hypothesis:

1. Write a hypothesis that predicts how each solubility factor will affect the solution. Does it make it sweeter, watery, murky, or grainy? How does it compare to the control drink made according to the powdered drink mix package? The solubility factors to test are heating the solvent, stirring the solvent, and decreasing the particle size before dissolving the drink mix in the solvent.

An example hypothesis could be: Heating up a solvent increases the sweet taste of a powdered drink mix.

Procedures:

A list of materials and summary of steps has been provided for you. List and explain your controlled variables, independent variable, and dependent variable for this lab.

Materials:

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• 13 plastic cups (12 oz)
• permanent marker for labeling
• measuring stick
• tablespoon and teaspoon
• kitchen scale that measures in grams (optional)
• water
• source of heat
• granulated sugar
• sugar cubes
• spoon for stirring
• 3–4 packages of powdered drink mix (6.6 ounces per package)