Combustion Experiment

What did I need, Candle, Red food coloring, Water, a plate and a beaker.


What was the experiment about and what was I trying to do or find out, The experiment I did was to test combustion with a candle and water I was testing how combustion works and what it does.

What happened during the experiment, When I did the experiment we lit the candle on a plate filled with water and then put a beaker over the candle with the beaker over it went out and the water started to rise up into the beaker.

Why did it do this, This happened because it was a complete combustion when the candle (fuel) was put into the water with the beaker on it it reacted with the oxygen and used it all up this meant that there was no oxygen and the water and because of this the candle went out because it could not burn and the water also started to rise up because of the oxygen getting sucked up.