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An experiment was designed to test the hypothesis that peanuts have more energy than a chip. The experiment determines calorimet

ry of the peanut and the chip, using water to capture the energy of the samples when they were burned. A 10 g sample of chip and a 15 g sample of peanut was burned underneath a metal can that held 50 g of water. A thermometer captured how much the temperature of the water increased. The water increased by 7 degrees for the peanut and 3 degrees for the chip. What error was made?
a The temperatures were read wrong.
b Different amounts of food samples were used.
c The food samples were too similar.
d Different amounts of water were used.

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Svet_ta [14]1 year ago

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Answer:

b Different amounts of food samples were used.

Explanation:

The mass of the two samples needs to be the same in order for the test to be accurate.

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