Question

a group of students decided to design an experiment to learn more about the process of evaporation. they used the four different containers shown below. the students poured 100 milliliters of water at 20°c into each container. the containers were placed side by side on a table near the window for 24 hours. the next day, the students used a graduated cylinder to measure the amount of water left in each container. the data from the experiment is found in the table below. before the experiment, the students had the hypothesis that container 1 would evaporate the most water since the container was full. do the results of the experiment support the hypothesis? multiple - choice options are not fully ocrd but visible in the image

Explanation:

Step1: Recall evaporation principle

Evaporation rate is related to surface - area to volume ratio. Larger surface area exposed to air leads to more evaporation.

Step2: Analyze containers

Container 1 has the largest surface - area to volume ratio among the four containers as it is the most spread - out horizontally.

Answer:

Yes, because container 1 has the largest surface area exposed to air among the containers, so it would evaporate the most water.