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Key Points about Density
100

What is the density of water?

1.0g/mL

100

What is the formula for density?

 Mass / Volume

100

What is the definition of Density?

The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume.

100

The mass of an object is 4.67g and its volume is 32.8mL. Find Density and say if it sinks or floats.

0.14g/mL. The object sinks.

100

What can Density do when identified?

It can identify an unknown substance.

200

What is the density of an object that sinks in water? 

Greater than 1.0g/mL

200

What is the formula for volume? 

Mass / Density

200

What is the definition of Volume?

 The amount of space an object takes up.

200

If an object has a density of 1.74g/mL and a volume 63mL. Find the mass.

109.62g

200

When measuring the Volume of a solid object, what unit is it usually expressed in?

In cubic centimeters.

300

What is the density of an object the floats in water?

 Less than 1.0g/mL

300

What is the formula for mass? 

Density X Volume

300

What is the definition of Mass? 

the measurement of the amount of matter in an object.

300

If an object has a mass of 22.95g and a volume of 15.45cm3. Find density. Would it sink or float?

1.49g/cm3. The object sinks.

300

What is the definition of Weight? 

A measure of mass and the force of gravity.

400

What units are used for density?

grams per milliliter or grams per cubic centimeters

400

An object has the Mass of 45.87 g and the Volume of 21.42 mL. Find the Density.

2.14 g/mL

400

What kind of property is Density? 

A Physical Property

400

Find the volume, If an object has a mass of 41 g and a density of 3.2 g/mL. 

12.81 mL

400

Why is density important to understand?

Density is an important physical property of an element.

500

Find the density of an object with a mass of 4.6 g and a volume of 12.5 mL. Does it sink or float?

0.368g/mL. It floats.

500

An object has the Density of 4.67 g/mL and Volume of 3.91 mL. What is the Mass?

18.26 g.

500

An object has the Density of 12.36 g/mL and the Mass of 6.52 g. What is the Volume?

0.53 mL

500

An object has a mass of 97 g and a volume of 105 mL. Find the density. Say if it sinks or floats.

0.92 g/mL. This object floats.

500

What kind of property of an object is the Mass?

A physical property.