Density

Question 1

If the density and volume of an object is known, what can also be found?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the mass of the object

Question 2

Janice measured the mass and the volume of an object. She then determined the density of the object by dividing the object’s mass by its volume (D = ). Which value would most likely represent the density of the object?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

6 g/cm3

Question 3

Which object will sink in freshwater, which has a density of 1.0 g/cm3?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Object 2, which has a density of 1.9 g/cm3

Question 4

What happens when an object has a density greater than that of the surrounding liquid?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The object will sink.

Question 5

Mason notices that his boat sinks lower into the water in a freshwater lake than in the ocean. What could explain this?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Salt water is more dense than freshwater.

Question 6

What is the density of a 36 g object with a volume of 15 cm3? (Density: D = )

Revolt · Accepted Answer

2.4 g/cm3

Question 7

Cubes are three-dimensional square shapes that have equal sides. What is the density of a cube that has a mass of 12.6 g and a measured side length of 4.1 cm? (Density: D = )

Revolt · Accepted Answer

.1828 g/cm3

Question 8

Which describes density?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

amount of mass in a given volume

Question 9

The density of gold is 19.3 g/cm3. What is the volume of a 13 g gold nugget? (Density: D = )

Revolt · Accepted Answer

.67 cm3

Question 10

There are liquids of different densities together in a container. What will happen to the liquid with the lowest density?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It will move to the top.

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