Insulation Hypothesis

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Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better (John Carmack). The question, does the brand of insulation affect how cold the temperature is in a model house, is yet to be determined. The brand of insulations are, Green Fiber, Owens Corning, InsulFoam, and Johns Manville. The hypothesis is, If a model house is insulated with Green Fiber insulation, then it will keep the model at cooler temperatures than Owens Corning, InsulFoam, and Johns Manville insulation. The problem will solve what insulation to use in your house, or attik.
The scientific question, does the brand of insulation affect how cold the temperature is in a model house. The question will be solved with four small model houses, in a box, by a lightbulb. There will be a thermometer in the houses full with all of the brands of insulation. The results we be when the lightbulb has been on for thirty minutes, and the house with the coolest temperature will determine if my hypothesis is rejected or accepted. Some background research is that the brand of insulation can affect the economy. The brand of insulation could affect it because it could
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Some of the research includes how the houses would be built, or are there any types of insulation that are doing well is stocks. The type of insulation that will be used for this experiment is, Green Fiber, InsulFoam, Owens Corning, and Johns Manville. They will be the brands tested in the experiment. None of the houses will be packed with reflective insulation, and loose boards insulation. Those are all types of insulation you can put in your house. Insulation can be made of, soft, flexible units made of fiberglass or rock wool fibers, short fibers of fiberglass, cellulose, small particles of perlite or

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