Cleanest+Water?

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Title
Cleanest Water??????????

Problem Scenario
What type of water is safest to drink when outside swamp, stream, pond, or precipitation.

Broad Question
What type of natural water is the cleanest?

Specific Question
Does water type effect how clean it is?

Hypothesis
It is hypothesized that precipitation will be the cleanest.

Variables That Need To Be Controlled:
Water type

Safety Or Environmental Concerns
If the ice is thick enough to go on, falling in, getting wet. ect

Experimental Design
(add the correct headings from the experimental design page before beginning)

Resources and Budget Table

 * Item || Number needed || Where I will get this || Cost ||
 * swamp water || 3 samples || my house || n/a ||
 * lake water || 3 samples || crystal lake || n/a ||
 * pond water || 3 samples || my house || n/a ||
 * precipitation || 3 samples || my house || n/a ||
 * coffee filter || a lot || store ||  ||
 * ice auger || 1 || friend || n/a ||
 * graduated cylinder || 1 || Mr. Littlefield || n/a ||

Detailed Procedure
get samples, filter,weigh,

Data Table
sample 1 swamp 3.6 sample 2 swamp 3.9 sample 3 swamp 3.5

sample 1 stream 1.9 sample 2 stream 1.9 sample 3 stream 1.7

sample 1 pond 2.1 sample 2 pond 2.3 sample 3 pond 2.1

sample 1 precipitation 0.2 sample 2 precipitation 0.1 sample 3 precipitation 0.1

Photos
N/A

Results
precipitation was the cleanest.

Conclusion
In conclusion precipitation was the cleanest.

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 * During this experiment I noticed some trends and patterns. Some of the patterns I saw was that the bigger the water source the less amount of filth in them. The smaller sources had more filth. I also noticed a relationship between my independent and dependent variables, It was that they were almost the same thing. My independent was water source and my dependent was witch one was the cleanest. I found the answer to my question after doing my tests and t hat's how I found my results. If I could advance my experiment I would do more tests and used more advanced methods. **=====

Benefit to Community and/or Science
The benefit is that people will know what natural water is good to drink and what water to not drink.

Back Round Research
While doing this project I learned that precipitation was the cleanest and that swamp and pond water are very dirty and full of dirt and other stuff. Also I learned from my research some of the different ways to measure water. When I first started this experiment I had a question does water type effect how clean it is? Some of the ways is where the water is located and what is the area around it like. Are there plants growing in the water, all of these are variables in the water and things that might make the water dirty.

Abstract
Does water type effect how clean it is. In this project I have tested 4 different types of water and measured he amount of dirt and filth in the water. I found my results and my hypotheses was right!