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 * THE STUDY OF GUMMY BEARS SOAKED IN DIFFERENT LIQUIDS FOR DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TIME**
 * Emily**
 * 2011-2012**


 * ABSTRACT**

The purpose of this study was to determine how much gummy bears grew in different liquids, and heats. The introduction explains how a gummy bear expands in different liquids because it absorbs the liquids, causing the gummy bear to swell. Gummy bears were put in to different liquids and different heats. The materials and method section talks about the experiments that were conducted. The gummy bears grew in all of the liquids, except corn starch, and the gummy bears would only grow in room temperature liquids. In the results and discussion, it shows what has happened to the gummy bears. The liquid was absorbed by the gummy bear, causing them to expand in the liquid. In the hot and cold water, the bear was room temperature and when put in to different heats; it didn’t have the capability to grow.


 * CONCLUSION**

The gummy bear got larger and weighed more. After about 24 hours it stopped growing, because it couldn’t absorb anymore. When put in to all of the liquids for 10, 30, 24 hours, and 72 hours, it grew. In the 10 and 30 minute time period it didn’t grow as much because it didn’t have enough time to. In the hot and cold water, the bear didn’t grow at all and in the room temperature it grew though. The hypothesis was proven incorrect; it was thought that the gummy would grow the most in the Hawaiian Punch. This was wrong because it grew the most in the water; the reason for this is because the water doesn’t have tons and tons of sugar or artificial flavoring, making it easy for the gummy bear to absorb. A follow up experiment could be, would a gummy worm do the same thing? If a gummy bear is made out of different substances, then it may be possible for them to not grow, or to grow more.

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