The Effect of chewing on the Percentage of Sugar in Gum
Introduction: Gum chewing has been around for at least 3,000 years, all around the world. Gum chewing was around during the ancient greeks, the mayans, and was introduced to americans in the late 1860’s. The first bubble gum was sold in 1928 and was pink because that was the only color in the factory; pink is still one of the most popular colors of chewing gum today. In this experiment, I will be finding the percentage of sugar in the Bubbilisious Strawberry gum. To find this I will need to record the data of 625 chews, recording the mass every 25 chews.
Research Question and Hypothesis:
How much percentage of sugar is in each piece of bubble gum?
If the gum is chewed 625 times then, the chewed mass of the sugar can help calculate the percentage of sugar in the gum.
Materials:
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The initial mass of the gum was 9.8 grams and by the tenth trial it was at 5.19 grams; therefore, the mass started dropping at a rate of 0.5 grams to dropping only 0.05 grams every time the mass was recorded. From further observations, the more the gum was chewed the less taste there was and the sugar in the gum was responsible for the taste because towards the end of the experiment when the taste was almost gone, the mass of the gum went from seriously dropping to only dropping 0.05 grams every time the mass was recorded; also, the gum tasted a lot better in the beginning than it did in the end. Each student performed 25 trials (625 chews) to get more accurate data, implying that the more we did the less sugar content was left in the gum. I also observed that the more chewing we did the less percentage error we would have in comparison from our control groups’ percentage. Lastly, the existence curve shows how the mass drops plenty until most of the sugar was extracted and the data
Another source of error could have been that we didn't suck out all of our saliva from the gum before removing it from our mouths and measuring the mass of the chewed gum. This could've affected the data because the saliva adds mass to the bubblegum, making our data inaccurate. Instead of 6.5 grams at the 2 minute mark, it could have been 7
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