Solar Energy

Solar Energy

Aim: To find out which colour attracts the suns heat.

Hypothesis: I think that the colour silver or black will attract more sunlight that the colour white.

Aim: To see what colour attracts more sunlight or light

Materials:

1.  1x Styrofoam cup 
2.  1x Styrofoam cup covered with tinfoil
3.  1x clear cup covered with black plastic
4. Black plastic 
5.  Tinfoil
6.  Paper 
7. Thermometer
8. Heat Lamp

Steps

1.   Get the Materials.
2.  Set up the Cups. 
3.  Cover the clear Cup with Black Plastic.
4.  Put the Cup with black Plastic on top of another Black Plastic. 
5.   Put the Tinfoil Cup on top of another Tinfoil.
6. Put the White Cup on top of the Paper. 
7. Measure it every minute.

Findings:

Time	Cup 1 White	Cup 2 Black	Cup 3 Tinfoil
0	16 D	16 D	16 D
15	19.1  D	19 D	20 D
30	25 D	27 D	26 D
45	20 D	24.5 D	22.5 D

Photo of the experiment:

This is what the Experiment looks like.

Conclusion

In conclusion, my findings on this experiments state that the colour Black attracts more heat which is in my Hypothesis. The White was really the one that attracts less heat than the other colours. 

I think that the Solar Panels’ colour are Black because again, it attracts more heat than the other colours. Also, in some Countries, they don’t want to paint their houses black because they are afraid that their house will be extremely hot.