Question

the passage below describes an experiment. read the passage and then follow the instructions below. florence glued lids onto 16 cardboard shoe boxes of equal size. she painted eight of the boxes black and eight of the boxes white. florence made a small hole in the side of each box and then stuck a thermometer partially into each hole so she could measure the temperatures inside the boxes. she placed the boxes in direct sunlight in her backyard. two hours later, she measured the temperature inside each box. florence compared the average temperature inside the black boxes to the average temperature inside the white boxes. identify the question that florences experiment can best answer. do the temperatures inside boxes depend on the sizes of the boxes? do the insides of white boxes get hotter than the insides of black boxes when the boxes are left in the sun?

Explanation:

Florence painted some boxes black and some white, placed them in sunlight and compared temperatures. The key variable here is box - color. So the experiment can answer the question about temperature differences between white and black boxes in the sun.

Answer:

Do the insides of white boxes get hotter than the insides of black boxes when the boxes are left in the sun?