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Density

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 16mins

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Class
Date
1.

A rock has a density of 8.0 g/mL. If the rock displaces 8 mL of water when placed into a graduated cylinder, what is its mass?

a)

1g

b)

10g

c)

6.4g

d)

64g

2.

Besides density, what other physical property could you use to tell the four metals in the table apart?

a)

shininess

b)

texture

c)

malleability

d)

color

3.

The picture show s a container that has 40 mL of liquid inside. The liquid has a mass of 80 grams. The density of the liquid is —

a)

.2 g/Ml

b)

2.0 g/Ml

c)

20 g/Ml

d)

200 g/Ml

4.

Which of the flasks shown shows a liquid?

a)

Flask A

b)

Flask B

c)

Flask C

d)

Flask D

5.

The density of iron is approximately 7.87 g/cm3 . If an iron nail has a volume 2 cm3, what is the mass of the nail?

a)

15.74 g

b)

7.87 g

c)

3.94 g

d)

2.62 g

6.

A liter of vegetable oil has less mass than a liter of water. Which liquid is denser than the other?

a)

Vegetable oil is denser than water.

b)

Water is denser than vegetable oil.

c)

Water and vegetable oil have the same density

d)

Vegetable oil is heavier than water.

7.

How does the property of density differ from the properties of mass and volume?

a)

It is a chemical property.

b)

It does not depend on the kind of substance.

c)

It does not depend on the size of an object.

d)

It is measured with a graduated cylinder.

8.

The table shows the densities of several substances. Which of the following would be true if you had 5 cm3 of each of the substances?

a)

Each of the samples would have the same mass.

b)

The samples would have different sizes.

c)

The sample of glass would float in water.

d)

The sample of zinc would have the greatest mass.

9.

Imagine that you have found a piece of an element that is unfamiliar to you. You suspect that it might be a metal of some kind. You want to find out what it is.


Next, you want to determine the density of the unfamiliar element so that you can identify it.


You find that its mass is 79.4 g and that its volume is 29.8 cm3. What is its density?

a)

0.37 g/cm3

b)

2.66 g

c)

49.6

d)

2.66 g/cm3

10.

Ron measures the volume of a pebble to be 2.0 cm3.


Then, he measures the mass and finds it is 5.2 g.


What is the density of the rock in grams per centimeter cubed?

a)

10.4 g/cm3

b)

.38 g/cm3

c)

2.6 g

d)

2.6 g/Ml