The document describes an experiment that was conducted to demonstrate that air takes up space. The experiment involved placing pieces of tissue paper and socks inside three glasses - one with no holes, one with a small hole, and one with many holes - and then inverting the glasses in a bowl of water. It was observed that the materials inside the glass with no holes remained dry, while the materials in the other glasses got wet, with the glass with many holes causing wetness the fastest. This supported the conclusion that air takes up space, since the holes allowed air to escape and be replaced with water.

1. Will the Tissue Paper get wet?
Experiment presentation
Mr.Naruedol Bongkotkarn
Mr.Mean Sriwilairit

2. Introduction
The aim of the experiment is to show if
various materials will get wet or not when we
do this experiment and to prove some kind of
theory about the air.

3. Literature Review
Air is matter (Otto Von Guericke, 1654).
Matter is anything that has mass and takes up
space.

4. Literature Review
To prove that air takes up space or not,
several discussion have been made,
for example:
1.
Steve Gagnon (n.d.) studied about the
balloons inflating and balloons disturbing which
can prove that air takes up space also.
2.
Many scientist (n.d.) says a common
way of defining matter is as anything that has
mass and occupies volume.

5. Literature Review
In this experiment, we chose the basic way
that can prove like this also and easy to get
the results.

6. Methodology / Procedure

7. Materials
The materials needed were a bowl of
water, a glass with no holes, a glass with a
small hole, a glass with many holes at the
bottom, pieces of tissue paper, and socks.

8. Materials
3 glasses with
different conditions at
the bottom

9. Materials
Pieces of tissue
paper

10. Materials
Socks

11. Materials
Bowl of water

12. Methods
First, the water was
filled in the bowl.

13. Methods
Then the glass with
no holes was put upside
down in the bowl

14. Methods
Then the glass with
no holes was put upside
down in the bowl,
the glasses with
holes at the bottom
were placed in the
same manner.

15. Methods
After that, a piece
of paper was attached
into the glass with no
holes and the glass was
put upside down in the
bowl

16. Methods
After that, a piece of
paper was attached into the
glass with no holes and the
glass was put upside down in
the bowl,
the glasses with holes at
the bottom which had a piece
of paper attached into the
glass were placed in the same
manner.

17. Methods
Next, the pieces of
paper were changed to
the socks attached into
the glasses and put the
glasses upside down in
the bowl, like the
manner all above.

18. Measurement
Observed the results to find out which
materials get wet or not.

19. Results
The table below shows the things happen
in each condition which were in the
experiment

20. Results
The table below shows the things happen
in each condition which were in the
experiment
Glass
without any holes
with a small hole
with many holes
.

21. Results
The table below shows the things happen
in each condition which were in the
experiment
Item attached in the glass ->
Glass
without any holes
with a small hole
with many holes
.
no item
(check the inside border
of the glass)
piece of tissue paper
sock

22. Results
The table below shows the things happen
in each condition which were in the
experiment
Item attached in the glass ->
Glass
without any holes
with a small hole
with many holes
.
no item
(check the inside border
of the glass)
not get wet
piece of tissue paper
sock

23. Results
The table below shows the things happen
in each condition which were in the
experiment
Item attached in the glass ->
Glass
without any holes
with a small hole
with many holes
.
no item
(check the inside border
of the glass)
not get wet
piece of tissue paper
not get wet
sock

24. Results
The table below shows the things happen
in each condition which were in the
experiment
Item attached in the glass ->
Glass
without any holes
with a small hole
with many holes
.
no item
(check the inside border
of the glass)
not get wet
piece of tissue paper
not get wet
sock
get wet only the
remaining part out from
the glass

25. Results
The table below shows the things happen
in each condition which were in the
experiment
Item attached in the glass ->
Glass
without any holes
with a small hole
with many holes
.
no item
(check the inside border
of the glass)
piece of tissue paper
sock
not get wet
not get wet
get wet only the
remaining part out from
the glass
wet patiently
wet patiently
wet patiently

26. Results
The table below shows the things happen
in each condition which were in the
experiment
Item attached in the glass ->
Glass
.
no item
(check the inside border
of the glass)
piece of tissue paper
sock
not get wet
not get wet
get wet only the
remaining part out from
the glass
with a small hole
wet patiently
wet patiently
wet patiently
with many holes
wet immediately
wet immediately
wet immediately
without any holes

27. Results
From the table, we can see that if we use the
glass with hole(s), the materials will sure get wet.
The materials in the glass with a small hole will get
slower than one with many holes which will make
materials get wet immediately. While the glass
without any holes will not make the materials get
wet inside. However if there’s some remaining part
of the materials like some part of the socks out of
the glass, that part will sure get wet but the part
inside the glass will not get wet.

28. Conclusion
It can be concluded that if there is no holes at
the bottom of the glass, the air cannot go up out
because there’s no way higher that the air can exit
and the air will take space in the glass preventing the
water from making the materials attached inside the
glass get wet.

29. Conclusion
While the glasses with holes will sure make the
materials get wet because there are holes to let the
air go up out from the glass so water can take spaces
in the glass replace the air spaces and make
materials get wet, slow or fast depending on the size
of the holes area. Therefore, air takes up space.

30. Conclusion
Do you believe there is some air
even in the underwater?

31. Q&A Time!
Do you have any question?
Any question so far?

32. Sources
Olesik S. (1999). WOW Project.
Ohio State University
WOW Project. (n.d.) Air Takes Up Space – Tissue in a Cup.
Retrieved July 1, 2010, from
http://wow.osu.edu/experiments/gases/tissue.html

33. Thank you for your attention.
Good luck with your experiment
presentation
You gonna be OK right?