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Density Equation Worksheet
1. What is the density of water? ______________g/ml
2. In an oil spill, the oil seems to float on top of the water. Does oil or water have the lower
density? _______________
3. In an oil spill, is the danger greater to birds and marine mammals than it is to fish and
other organisms that live on the ocean bottom?
4. How is the density of oil an advantage in the cleanup?
5. Corn syrup sinks when poured in water. Does water or corn syrup have the higher
density? ________________
6. Why would an oil spill be an even greater disaster if the density of oil were the same as
that of corn syrup?
SHOW ALL YOUR WORK BELOW (UNITS INCLUDED)
7. A block of aluminum has a volume of 15.0 mL and a mass of 40.5 g. What is its density?
8. Mercury metal is poured into a graduated cylinder that holds exactly 22.5 mL. The
mercury used to fill the cylinder is 306.0g. What is the density of the mercury?
9. Calculate the density of sulfuric acid if 35.4 mL of the acids is 65.14 g.
10. A rectangular block of copper metal weighs 1896 g. The dimensions of the block are
8.4cm by 5.5cm by 4.6cm. From this data, what is the density of copper? (Hint: Find the
volume of the block)
11. A block of lead has dimensions of 4.50cm by 5.20cm by 6.00cm. The block weighs 1587g.
From this information, calculate the density of lead.
12. 28.5g of iron shot is added to a graduated cylinder containing 45.50mL of water. The
water level rises to the 49.10 mL mark. From this information calculate the density of
iron.
13. When a small rock was placed on a triple beam balance the 3 weights were at 100g, 20g,
and 5.5g. When the rock was placed in a graduated cylinder, the water rose from 30mL
to 37mL. What is the density of the rock?
14. If 30.943 g of a liquid occupy a space of 35.0mL, what is the density of the liquid in grams
per centimeter’s cubed.
15. What are the units of measurement for mass, volume (liquid), volume (solid), density
(liquid), and density (solid)?