Rock Density HW

Jack has a rock. The rock has a mass of 14g and a volume of 2cm³. What is the density of the rock?

• 7 mL
• 7 g/cm³
• 28 g/cm³
• 1/7 g/cm³

Veal finds a gold colored rock in a river. It has a mass of 9.65 grams and a volume of 0.5 cm3. What is the density of the rock?

• 10.15 g/cm3

• 19.3 g/cm3

• 9.15 g/cm3

• 4.825 g/cm3

How do you determine the density of a mineral?

• D=M/V

• D=V/M

• D=M x V

• D= V x M

If the volume of halite is 3 cm³, then what is it's mass?

• 10 g

• 6.5 g

• 1.4 g

• 2.3 g

If the mass of gypsum is 6 g, what is it's volume?

• 2.6 cm³

• 13.9 cm³

• 3 cm³

• .4 cm³

You have a mineral that you think might be pyrite. If its mass is 20.08g and its volume 4 cm³, is it pyrite? Use the chart to find your answer.

• Yes

• No

You are trying to decide if a mineral that you found is quartz. If its mass is 12.7 g and it's volume is 5.8 cm³, is the mineral quartz? Use the chart to find your answer.

• Yes

• No

Using the chart, find the density of basalt.

• 2.8 g

• 99,409.2 g/cm³

• 2.8 g/cm³

• 99,409.2 g

Using the chart, find the density of greenstone.

• 2.8 g/cm³

• 2.8 g

• 2.8 cm³

• 2.8 g+cm³

A rock has a mass of 10 grams. The graduated cyclinder below shows the rock's volume. What is the density of this rock?

• 5 cm³

• 15 cm³

• 5 g/cm³

• 2 g/cm³