DENSITY OF MATTER
Bundle 6: Chemistry
WARM UP 11/17/15
1. Glue your Density Warm Up in your notebook and
DO IT!
2. When finished with the Density Warm Up, glue the
graduated cylinder pictures in your notebook and try
to determine the volume of fluid in each cylinder.
(You and your neighbor will NOT have the same
ones so do your own work!)
DENSITY
Density is a material specific property of Matter.
Everything that has matter, has density.
Density is determined using the formula,
mass
Density 
Volume
m
D
V
MASS OF AN OBJECT
You can measure the mass of an object using a Triple
Beam Balance.
VOLUME OF AN OBJECT
There are two ways to get the volume of an object.
 Measure the displacement of fluid by the object in a
graduated cylinder in [mL]. (Irregular shaped objects)
 Calculate the volume of a rectangular object using
V=LxWxH
by measuring each side in [cm].
HOW TO READ A GRADUATED
CYLINDER
To read the
water level on a
graduated
cylinder, you
have to get on
eye level with
the bottom of
the meniscus.
NOTEBOOK PRACTICE
Let’s recreate the warm up in your IAN notebook for
practice.
1. Cut out the two graduated cylinders on your worksheet.
2. Shade one to the 200 mL mark and shade the second to
the mark 6 lines above the 200 mL mark.
3. This will be your Density Problem similar to the Warm
Up.
NOTEBOOK PRACTICE
In your notebook, DRAW the rocks
where you see them in the picture
on your Graduated Cylinder Cuts
that you have already shaded.
(Don’t change the values!)
Determine what the volume of the
rock is based on the pictures.
If the rock has a mass of 10 g, what
is the DENSITY of this rock?
DENSITY PRACTICE LAB
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At the lab tables, there are a set of Density Cubes.
For this activity, you will find the MASS of 2 different cubes and write it
in your notebook.
You will then find the VOLUME of each cube by measuring the
LENGTH, WIDTH and HEIGHT of each cube and using the formula
to calculate the VOLUME. Write this in your notebook.
You will then determine the DENISTY of each cube using the Density
Formula. Show all of the calculations in your notebook.
Now answer these questions under your calculations in your notebook.
A.
Do all three cubes have the same density?
B.
Can you find out what these cubes are made of knowing the density? Use your phone and
the internet to determine what your cubes are made and write this in your notebook.
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