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100

If the density of Material A is equal to 2.5 g/cmand the density of Material B is = to 1.0 g/cmwhich of them would be water?

What is Material B

100

If a substance has a density of 9.5 g/cm3, it will do THIS when you put it in water

What is it will sink

100

What is the density of water?

What is water 1 g/cm3

100

What is the unit used for measuring density?

What is g/cm3

100

How can you find the volume of an irregularly-shaped object? (What is the name of the process?)

What is water displacement (aka volume displacement, aka displacement method)


200

A piece of wood has a density of 1.1 g/cm3 and a volume of 55 cm3; what is the wood's mass?

What is 60.5 grams

200

The original block of Material A is cut into 10 equal pieces. When compared to the density of the original block, what will happen to the density of the original piece?

What is it will stay the same

200

Density is a ratio of a substance's _____ to its _____

ratio of a substance's mass to its volume.

200

What is the base unit used for measuring mass?

What is grams

200

Is ice more dense than water? Explain how you know.

What is no, ice is less dense than water because it floats in water

300

An unknown sample has a density of 6.0 g/cm3. If the sample was cut in half, what would be the density of each half?

What is 6.0 g/cm3

300

Which is more dense: a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of nails

What is a kilogram of nails

300

If you heat up a gas, what happens to its density? Does its density increase, decrease, or stay the same?

What is decreases?

300

What are the BASE units for measuring volume?

What is liters or cubic m (m3)

300

In general, what phase of matter is most dense?

What are solids

400

True or False: If an object sinks in water and you know its volume is 30 mL, its mass is 1 g.

What is false; its mass must be more than 30 g to have a density that is greater than 1 g/cm3

400

Which has more mass: a kilogram of nails or a kilogram of feathers?

What is they are the same, it's a trick question!

400

If you increase the mass of an object what happens to the volume of the object? Does the volume increases, decreases, or stays the same?

What is increases?

400

How much water will a cube with a length of 1 cm displace?

What is 1 mL?

400

In a density column, where does the most dense liquid go?

What is at the bottom


500

What would the volume be of a substance that has a density of 14 g/cm3 and a mass of 28 g?

What is 2 cm3 or 2 mL

500

Which has more volume: a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of nails?

What is a kilogram of feathers

500

Is helium less dense than air? How do you know (give an example)?

What is yes because a helium balloon rises in air

500

A milliliter is always the same as 1 gram? T or F

What is false

500

When you heat a liquid up, what happens to its volume? What happens to its density?

What is its volume increases. Because the volume increases its density would decrease.


(a liquid is transitioning to a gas)