Independent Practice Worksheet

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE WORKSHEET

Student Name: ______Date: ______

Circle the correct answer below to make the respective phrases true.

Density is:

matter/solids.

volume/mass.

gas/liquid.

mass/volume.

2.All of the following are acceptable units for density, EXCEPT:

g/mL

kg/L

g/cc

g/cm

3.Given the mass and density of an object, which equation should be used to calculate the volume of the object?

volume=mass/density

volume=density/mass

volume=mass+density

volume=density×mass

4.If a red ball is denser than a white ball of the same size, the red ball has:

less volume

more volume

more matter taking up the same space

less matter taking up the same space

5.What is the density of an object that has a mass of 180 g and a volume of 50 cm3? (Show Work)

9200 g / cm3

3.60 g / cm3

.271 g / cm3

3.74 g / cm3

6.A rock with a volume of 5.0cm3 and density of 3.0 g/cm3 has a mass of: (Show Work)

0.75g

3.0g

15.0g

4.0g

7.A geologist finds a rock and breaks it into two pieces to examine the crystals inside. The two pieces of the rock are then labeled Sample A and Sample B. Sample A is twice as large as Sample B. Which of the following statements is true?

Sample A is more dense than Sample B.

Sample B is more dense than Sample A.

Sample A and Sample B have the same density.

Sample A and Sample B are both less dense than the original rock.

8.What is more dense a bowling ball or a basketball? How do you know?

9.In science lab you are given the four substances listed below with their densities:
Honey=1.42g/cm3
Oliveoil=0.90g/cm3
Water=1.00g/cm3
Ethylalcohol=0.81g/cm3
You are asked to combine all four substances in a beaker and observe how they separate. List the order in which the four liquids separate, starting with the one on top to the one on the bottom of the beaker.

*______

10.Your aunt brings you a gold bar from her visit to Egypt. It measures 10cm x 5 cm x 2 cm and has a mass of 1,930g. What is the density of the gold bar? (Show your work)

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