In this simple but yummy experiment, you will find the fastest way to dissolve a candy.
Things Required:
3 bite-sized pieces of soft candy.
Directions:
Place one of the candies in your mouth. DO NOT chew, and DO NOT move your tongue around. Record the time it takes for this candy to dissolve. Place a second candy in your mouth. DO move the candy back and forth with your tongue, but DO NOT chew. Record the time it takes to dissolve this candy.
Place the third piece of candy in your mouth. DO move the candy back and forth with your tongue as you chew. Record the time to dissolve this third piece of candy.
This Is What Happens:
Moving the candy around and chewing it decreased the time necessary for dissolving.
Science Behind It:
The candy dissolves in the saliva in your mouth to form a liquid solution. Solutions contain two parts, a solute and a solvent. The solvent is the saliva and the solute is the candy. The solute dissolves by spreading out evenly throughout the solvent. The candy can quickly dissolve when it is crushed by chewing and stirred by moving it around with the tongue.
