Unit 1 · Scientific Learning

Sample Practical Reports

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Think About It

The Holes in a Lantern

The questionA lantern flame is closed inside glass, but small holes are always left at its top and bottom. Why do you think those holes are there? Would the lantern stay lit without them?
Before you read onStop here and think for a minute, or talk it through with a classmate. You already have everything you need to work this out, because you have just read the candle experiment.
A kerosene lantern with small holes near its top and bottom
Figure 1.5
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