Acid Rain | Experiment 1 - Acid Rain and Animals: How does acid rain affect brine shrimp?
Experiment 1
Acid Rain and Animals: How does acid rain affect brine shrimp?
Purpose/Hypothesis
In this experiment, you will use vinegar, which is an acid, to gradually lower the pH level of water containing brine shrimp. (As the pH level drops, acidity increases.) You will measure the changing pH level and observe how the shrimp react.
Before you begin, make an educated guess about the outcome of this experiment based on your knowledge of acid rain. This educated guess, or prediction, is your hypothesis.An idea in the form of a statement that can be tested by observation and/or experiment. A hypothesis should explain these things:
- the topic of the experiment
- the variable you will change
- the variable you will measure
- what you expect to happen
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