Measuring Matter

Measuring Matter

Independent Work

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What object is pictured here?

• Scale

• Pan balance

• Mass balance

• Triple beam balance

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What is mass?

• The amount of matter in an object

• The amount of space an object takes up

• An object's ability to sink or float

• An object's weight

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What is this object used to measure?

• Density

• Mass

• Volume

• Amount

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What is the volume of the cereal box?

• 230 in³

• 97 in³

• 132 in³

• 288 in³

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What is the volume of this prism?

length =9 ft.

width = 7 ft.

height = 2 ft

• 229 ft³

• 126 ft²

• 126 ft³

• 187 ft³

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What is the volume of this rectangular prism?

• 26 cubic units

• 24 cubic units

• 24 square units

• 26 square units

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What is the method that uses water to measure the volume of an object called?

• displacement

• displaced

• discontent

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What is weight?

• The magnetic force acting on the body

• The electric force acting on the body

• The gravity acting on the body

• The gravitational force acting on the body

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Helium balloons rise on earth because

• helium is less dense than air

• helium is more dense than air

• helium is cooler than air

• helium is warmer than air

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What is the density of a liquid that has a mass of 27g and a volume of 30ml?

• 0.9 g/ml

• 3 g/ml

• 57 g/ml

• 810 g/ml

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A brick sinks in water while a wooden block of the same size floats. This is because the brick has a

• lower volume than the wooden block

• lower density than the wooden block

• higher volume than the wooden block

• higher density than the wooden block

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Why do ice cubes float in a glass of water?

• the ice cubes are more dense than the water

• the water is more dense than the ice cubes

• the water is more dense than the glass

• the ice is more dense than the glass

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Which property of matter is determined by dividing its mass by its volume?

• elasticity

• buoyancy

• density

• viscosity

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An object's weight will always be the same anywhere on Earth.

• True

• False