Hydrometer Lab Report

Name:______
Date:_______
Question: What is the relationship between salinity and density?
Research:

Water in the ocean is salty because of

___________________________, which is one of the processes in the water cycle. If the
amount of water on our planet stays at about ________________%, but solvents are
added to water thru other ________________________ processes, the salt builds up over
time.
Density is _____________________________________________________________
and the density of water can change when it has different things dissolved in it. Salinity is
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Therefore when you add salt to water it changes the ___________________________ of
the water.

Hypothesis:

If I add salt to water it will make the water

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(more salty or less salty) which will make the water ______________________________
(more dense or less dense), then my hydrometer will _____________________________
(float more or sink more).

Procedure: (add as many steps as you

need)
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Data:

Glue your data table in and make a bar graph of your data. See your teacher
for a handout of how to make a bar graph.

Analysis Questions:
1. The more salt that is dissolved in a solution, the ________________________ (higher/
lower) the hydrometer floats.
2. A hydrometer reading of 4.5 cm would mean that ___________________(no salt/
some salt/ lots of salt is dissolved in a solution.

Conclusion:
A good conclusion will: Answer the original question, prove or disprove your hypothesis
using data as evidence, and compares your highest and lowest pieces of data.
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