Units for Density
Density Calculations
Definitions
100

Unit for volume of a solid

What is cm3?

100

A bowl of soup occupies a volume of 5.0 mL and weighs 20 g. What is its density?

What is 4 g/mL?

100

This vocabulary word refers to the closeness between the measurement recorded and the true value.

What is accuracy?

200

Unit for volume of a liquid

What is mL?

200

Water has a density of 1 g/ml. What is the mass of the water if it fills a 10 ml container?

What is 10 g?

200

This vocabulary word refers to the closeness of repeated measurements to each other

What is precision?

300

Unit for mass

What is grams, g?

300

If a 95 g piece of aluminum has a density of 8 g/cm3, what is its volume?

What is 11.875 cm3?

300

This is due to poor technique or incorrectly calibrated instruments

What is determinate errors?

400

Units for the density of a solid

What is g/cm3?

400

Find the mass of 25 mL of hydrochloric acid. The density of the acid is 1.18 g/mL 

What is 29.5 g?

400

These are errors that arise in estimating the last, uncertain digit of a measurement

What is indeterminate errors?

500

Units for the density of a liquid

What is g/mL?

500

A block of lead has dimensions of 3.5 cm by 2.5 cm by 1.5 cm. The block weighs 1550 g. From this information, calculate the density of lead. 

What is 118 g/cm3?

500

The amount of mass in a certain volume of matter

What is density?

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