ASSESSMENT – Density

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1. For each of the following substances, calculate the density in a convenient unit. Using
the table below, identify the substance.
a) A volume of 0.50 m 3 of a substance has a mass of 6.3 x 102 kg.
630 kg/0.5 m^3
1260 kg/m^3
Glycerine

b) A volume of 5.00 L of a substance has a mass of 3.95 x 10 3 g.

3950 g/5 l
790 g/l
Ethyl alcohol/ethanol
c) A volume of 75 mL of a substance has a mass of 77 g.
77 g/75 ml
1.02666667 g/ml
Saltwater

2. A mining engineer has a mineral sample that looks like pure gold. The sample is found to
have a mass of 4.0 x 102 kg and a volume of 0.025 m3. Determine the density of the
sample and use it to decide whether the sample is pure gold.

400 kg/0.025 m^3

16000 kg / m^3

No, it is not pure gold.

3. Rewrite the equation D = m/v to solve for a) m and b) V.

For M, multiply by V for both sides:

VD = VM/V

Cancel out:

VD = M

For V, divide both sides by D:

V = M/D
 4. A rectangular solid brass plate is 8.0 cm long, 6.0 cm wide, and 1.5 cm
thick. a) Calculate the volume of the plate in cubic cm.

V = LWH

8*6*1.5 = 72

72 cm^3
b) Calculate the plate’s mass in grams and kilograms.
72 cm^3 x 8500 g/l = 612 grams

612 grams / 1000 = 0.612 kg

5. One winter it was estimated that one million kilograms of ice had formed on a small
lake. Calculate the volume of this mass of ice to two significant figures.

1.0 x 10e6 kg / 920 g/l = 10869565.20 liters

6. Use the kinetic molecular theory of matter to explain how solid wax can turn into liquid
wax and then into a gas.

As the wax gets hotter, its molecules vibrate faster. Eventually, they overcome the force
keeping them in a coherent shape and turn into a liquid. As they get even more
energetic, the molecules overcome their mutual attraction and fly off into the air in the
container.