Water Bottle Tornado Experiment
If you don t have a tornado tube skip ahead to step 4.
Water bottle tornado experiment. Leave two inches of air at the top of the bottle. Turn the bottle upside down. Add a pinch of glitter. Put the cap on tightly.
Fill the bottle just to where the bottle starts to curve to make the top of the bottle. Start with all the liquid in one bottle quickly tip the bottle upside down and start the swirling motion. Add two or three drops of dish soap. Add two squirts of dish soap.
To create the. Fill the plastic bottle with water until it reaches around three quarters full. Fill one bottle 2 3 full with water attach the twister tube. Two squirts from a bottle of concentrated soap will do.
Screw the top back onto the bottle. Centripetal force is any force that causes an object in this case water to move in a circular path. You can also use oil or anything hydrophobic. Sprinkle in a few pinches of glitter this will make your tornado easier to see.
How to perform the tornado in a bottle experiment. The tornado tube connects two plastic soda bottles together and allows for the water to move from one bottle to the other as the bottles are tipped. Filling the bottle s 1. Add water to the bottle until it is filled up to about two inches from the top.
The size of the bottle doesn t. The tornado it s actually a vortex will form as the liquid moves into the bottom bottle. Follow along with our tutorial to make your very own tornado in a bottle. Turn the bottle upside down and hold it by the neck.
How does the experiment work. Attach the second bottle to the other end. Add water and food coloring to a pitcher and mix thoroughly. Use the pitcher and begin filling the bottle 3 4 full.
Smaller size bottles work well for smaller hands but the twister tube. When you spin the bottle in a circular motion it creates a water vortex that looks like a tornado. Grasping it by the neck twirl it in a circular pattern as fast as you can. Fill the bottle most of the way with water.
Add a few drops of dish washing liquid. How to make a tornado experiment. Align the empty bottle directly on top of the bottle with the water in it. Use the duct tape to secure the 2 plastic bottles together.
Finish it off with a pinch of glitter. Fill a plastic bottle with water.