Worksheet 6.

3C Diffusion investigation

Some students investigated diffusion by carrying out some experiments with substances spreading out
into water.
One group looked at the effect of temperature on the rate of diffusion of food dye in water.
Here are their results.
Temperature of the water / °C Time taken / seconds
10 128

20 119

30 133

40 91

50 79

60 74

70 61

80 52

1 What did this group find out?

2 Name the variable that this group changed.

3 Name at least two variables the group kept the same.

4 Identify a result that does not fit the pattern.

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5 What would you do about the ‘odd’ result?

6 How would you display these results?

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