Measurements
Formulas
Terms Related to Density
Practice Problems
Key Points about Density
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1.0g/mL
What is the density of water?
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Mass / Volume
What is the formula for density?
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The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume.
What is the definition of Density?
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4.67g / 32.8mL. Find Density and say if it sinks or floats.
0.14g/mL. The object sinks.
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What can Density do when identified?
It can identify an unknown substance.
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Greater than 1.0g/mL
What is the density of an object that sinks in water?
200
Mass / Density
What is the formula for volume?
200
The amount of space an object takes up.
What is the definition of Volume?
200

Will a tree limb that weighs 55.8g sink or float?

Sink

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When measuring the Volume of a solid object, what unit is it usually expressed in?
In cubic centimeters.
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Less than 1.0g/mL
What is the density of an object the floats in water?
300
Density X Volume
What is the formula for mass?
300
The measurement of the amount of matter in an object.
What is the definition of Mass?
300
22.95g / 15.45cm. Find density. Say if it sinks or floats.
1.49g/cm. The object sinks.
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What unit will you use when measuring liquids?

What is ml

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Density used units such as grams, milliliters, etc.
How does density relate the the Metric System of Units?
400
An object has the Mass of 45.87 g and the Volume of 21.42 mL. Find the Density.
2.1414 g/mL
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A Physical Property
What kind of substance property is Density?
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41g / 3.2g/mL. Find the volume.
12.81mL.
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To figure out if an object sinks or floats in water describes its...

What is density?

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4.6g/12.5mL. Find the density. Does it sink or float?
0.368g/mL. It floats.
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An object has the Density of 4.67 g/mL and Volume of 3.91 mL. What is the Mass?
18.2597 g.
500
An object has the Density of 12.36 g/mL and the Mass of 6.52 g. What is the Volume?
1.8957055 mL
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97kg / 105L. Find the density. Say if it sinks or floats.
0.92. This object floats.
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What kind of property of an object is the Mass?
A physical property.
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