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 * THE STUDY OF IF WATER TEMPERATURE AFFECTS THE AMOUNT OF LICKS TO GET TO THE CENTER OF A TOOTSIE POP**

Camryn R

2011-2012


 * ABSTRACT**

The purpose of this experiment was to see if drinking different temperatures of water affects how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. When drinking a hot liquid it produces more saliva then drinking a cold one. With more saliva that means more enzyme amylase which is contained in saliva, this breaks down some starches into sugar which probably means it would take less licks to reach the center because the saliva is breaking down the lollipop faster. In the experiment it was found out that when drinking room temperature water (about 20° C) the center could be reached faster than drinking hot or cold water. This was taken by surprise but it would have been more astonishing if cold water took the shortest amount of time to get to the center.


 * CONCLUSION**

After testing the method of if water temperature affects how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop there finally was a conclusion. When taking sips of water while licking a tootsie pop it seemed to affect the tootsie pop a lot. When sipping water it took an average of around 250 licks. Without water it took around 450. This concludes that water definitely affects how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. This method could be used with many different materials such as jolly ranchers, which would be highly recommended.

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