Task: Hypothesis Generation
Come up with an original and creative scientific hypothesis for the following scenario:
You notice that the water in one lake is warmer than the water in another lake even though they both get the same amount of sunlight. What hypotheses do you have about why that is?

Response: one lake is deeper than the other
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: they are made up of different percentages of non water substances
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the colder lake has more water to heat up so even though they receive equal heating the temperature difference is caused by having to heat more water
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: there are more organisms that produce heat in the warmer lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the one lake is much deeper than the other
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: there is a different amount of water in the two lakes
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: one of the lakes has less volume than the other making it take less time to change temperature
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: someone peed in it
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: the amount of life inside the lake somehow affecting the temperature
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the warmer lake is smaller then the less warm lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: they might be at different elevations
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: the ground below one lake is still frozen
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the wildlife in the water could be changing the temp. if there is more fish in one lake maybe the movement warms up the water
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: test the water in each lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: test where the lakes are placed
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: I believe one lake has more movement going on in and or around it. more energy means more heat.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: more energy equals more heat. there might be more movement going on in the warmer lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: one lake is shallower. there might be less water so the water heats up quicker than the other one
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: one lake is deeper, which means it holds more water. as a result, the deeper lake is harder to heat up as there is a larger amount of cold water deeper
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: can be because of the depth of lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the warm water has more human activity daily
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the warm water is shallower
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: there are more animals in the warm water
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the amount of life in the lake has to do with how cold the water is
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the deeper the water is the colder it is
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: one lake is bigger than the other
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the size of the lake may change the lakes temperature
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the species inside the lakes may be changing the temperature
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: one lake is signifigantly deeper
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the animals living in the lake affect the temperature
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the sediment under the lake affect the temperature
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: one of the lakes is shallower than the other allowing for it to get warmer
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: sunlight is not the sole determining factor of lake water tempurature
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: higher ground temperature
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: higher ground temperaturw
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: perhaps also one lake has more or less microorganisms than the other. perhaps one has a layer of algae that keeps it warm and insulates the water to allow it to reach a higher temperature
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: perhaps one lake is smaller than the other and therefore the smaller lake requires less energy from the sun to reach the higher temperature. the smaller lake would reach a higher temperature with the same amount of sunlight.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: there is gasses coming from the bottom of one of the lakes from the earth's core
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: there is less water in one lake and the lake doesn't have as deep of waters as well.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the warmer lake has more bacteria
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the warmer lake is shallower than the other lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the water in the warmer lake. the warmer lake is smaller and heats up faster due to the sunlight.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: I predict some lakes are warmer naturally, because two lakes got the same amount of sunlight.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: one lake is smaller than the other
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the water in one lake is warmer due to it being less deep, meaning the sunlight can warm it faster
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the water in one lake is warmer due to someone just peeing in it
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: ones exposed to more sunlight
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: the warmer lake houses more warm blooded animals who warm the water around them.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: one of the lakes is far above magma
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: one of the lakes is shallower and it's cold outside so that lake got colder faster
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the colder lake is much deeper, resulting in the earth cooling it more at night
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: I would hypothesize that the sun is directly under the lake and one lake receives significantly more sunlight
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: is there a geyser under one?
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: one lake is deeper than the other which causes it to be colder
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: one lake is deeper than the other which causes it to be colder despite the sunlight exposure
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the springs that feed the warmer lake might be close to lava underneath the earth's surface.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: lake number one is warmer than lake number two because it is a hot spring that naturally produces heat compared to lake number two that is a normal body of water
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: the water in lake number one is warmer than lake number two because lake number two is deeper, therefore it take a longer time to warm than lake number 1
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: one lake may have agas vent in the bottom which is heating it up
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: one lake may have many warm blooded mammals living in it, which would bring up the water temperature of the lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: heat in the ground
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: one may have more fish and creatures, making it warmer
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: one might be salt water lake and the other may be fresh water lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: one of the lakes may have a slight steam of water on top of rocks
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: there are more organisms in the warmer lake which makes the lake warmer because biological process give off heat
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: there is something that runs underneath the lake that makes the water in the warmer lake warmer, such as lava, or something very similar and warm
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the minerals in the two body of water is different.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the sizes of the two body of waters is different.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: I would say that is because one lake is deeper than another. so the shallower lake would be warmer than the deeper one because the less water, the faster it heats up.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: one lake is deeper than another, the warmer lake is shallower, thus less water which is faster to heat up than more water.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: one lake is shallower than another, thus less water which is easier to heat up than a deeper lake with more water
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: possibly something external is making it hotter
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: there are thermal waterways making the water warmer
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: bacteria in the lake release heat as a product of digestion
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 50

Response: there might be more human activity in that lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: it is hypothesized that more wildlife live in the warmer lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: it is hypothesized that the warmer lake has a greater human activity within it
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the amount of flora and fauna in each lake affects the temperatures
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: if the water in one lake is warmer than the water in another lake than the soil underneath must be different
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: if the water in one lake is warmer than the water in another lake than the sun must hit the warmer lake at it's peak of the day
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: despite both lakes getting equivalent amounts of sunlight, the angle at which the sun hits the lake may differ. if it is a more direct angle, the lake will be warmer.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: the temperature of the lake is dependent upon the weather in the area. for example, if there is more rainfall in one area versus another, the lake in the area with more rainfall will have a cooler temperature.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the temperature of water may vary depending on the source of the water. for example, if the source of water is coming from melted glaciers, then the lake will be significantly cooler than a lake located closer to the equator.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: one lake is deeper than the other lake, making is harder to progressively become warmer from the sunlight.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the lake receives it's tributary water from a mountain full of snow.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: did someone pee in it
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: is the sun hitting one and not the other
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: tree roots are absorbing water. trees are common near lakes.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: is the colder lake a larger area than the warmer one
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: is the colder lake covered with more green life in the lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: the warmer lake is not as deep as the other lake. I think this because if something is shallow it is normally warmer
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: if fishes are swimming more in the lake then the lake will  get warmer.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: if more people swim in the lake than the lame will get warmer.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the warm lake has less water than the colder lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the warm lake has more pollutants in it than the colder lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: is there a natural geyser system nearby
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: the water is cleaner
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: there is more water in one of the lakes
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the lake is warmer because no alga is present
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: there is nothing in the warmer lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: the colder water may have plant life covering the top of the water which blocks out the sunlight
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the warmer body of water might have a different water level, they may get the same amount of sunlight but if there is less body of water then maybe the same amount of heat will heat the water faster.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the warmer lake may have more living organisms who produce more energy and that may explain the warmer water.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the warmer lake is smaller and less deep than the colder lake. green bay vs lake Michigan.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: before I came to the lake some people were already in the other lake and their body heat transferred to the lake making the water warmer
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: one lake is closer to the earth's core, causing it to be more warm
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: I would think it is most likely because one lake is more shallow than the other, or because one may be fed by a hot spring
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: one lake may be more shallow than the other, this affects temperature because the sunlight does not reach all parts of the lake.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the reason one lake is warmer is because there is more pollution from boats which causes more carbon emissions to be filtered in the lake, causing the temperature to be increased.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: the reason one lake is warmer than the other is because there is more marine life in one, causing the temperature to be warmer because of all of the reactions going on under the surface.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: is one lake closer to the core than the other?
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the colder lake is still and doesn't move
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: there is more wildlife in the lake that is warmer to regulate the heat
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the water in one lake is moving faster or is deeper
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the lake that is warmer must have  more organism in it because the more organism the more mass of heat
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: sunlight doesn't affect water temperature
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: the ground below this lake is warmer
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: less particles are in one
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: the sun rest over one lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: one of the lakes consist of more fish, this would be the one which is warmer
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the sun is hitting one of the lakes more than the other
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 10

Response: the animals in the lake are making it warmer.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: if the water in one lake is warmer than the water in another lake, then the lakes have different animals that live or around the lake.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: if the water in one lake is warmer than the water in another lake, then there is different plants that reside in and around the lake.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: if the water in one lake is warmer than water in another lake, then ground under then lake is affecting the temperature.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the water in the colder lake may be more plentiful
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the water in the warmer lake may be home to fish
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the sources of water may vary
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41

Response: there may be more life in the lake that exude heat
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: there may be something at the bottom of the lake heating it
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the second lake may reach deeper into the earth's crust than the first, causing a decrease in temperatures.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: the warmer of the two lakes holds less water than the colder lake.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: the warmer of the two lakes is more polluted causing the water to heat up faster than the colder, more pure lake.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 34

Response: size of the lake
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 24

Response: is there a boiler or government facility nearby
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 50

Response: is there a tear of the ozone layer above the river, or anything to go along with global warming in the area.
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 50

Response: is there any lava or undergroud atmosphere changes in either lake?
Human creativity rating (0-100 scale): 41