Question

Raul and Tyree have open cans of soda. The can A is left sitting on the table while the other cans B and C are each heated on a hot plate. Can B is heated to a much higher temperature than can C. The students then monitored the cans for expansion. What would be a reasonable hypothesis for this experiment?

Answer 1

A reasonable hypothesis would be that, nothing changes with can A (no expansion at all), and Can C is expanding, but Can B is expanding even faster than Can C. (I don't know, if this hypothesis is correct though)

Answer 2

Explanation:

When more heat or temperature is provided to an object then its molecules will start to vibrate more rapidly.

As a result, the forces of attraction between the molecules will decrease and molecules will move away from each other. This will result in expansion of object.

Thus, when can B is heated at much higher temperature than can C then, can B will expand largely.

Thus, we can conclude that high temperature has caused more expansion.