Density

Question 1

What is mass?

Answer 1

How much matter there is in an object

Question 2

What is mass measured in?

Answer 2

kilograms (kg)

Question 3

What is weight?

Answer 3

how much gravity acts upon an object

Question 4

What is weight measured in?

Answer 4

Newtons (N)

Question 5

What is volume?

Answer 5

the amount of space that a substance or object occupies

Question 6

What is volume measured in?

Answer 6

metres cubed (m^3)

Question 7

What is the formula for the volume of a cube?

Answer 7

length x length x length

Question 8

What is the formula for the volume of a cuboid?

Answer 8

length x width x height

Question 9

What is the formula for the volume of a sphere?

Answer 9

4/3 x π x radius^3

Question 10

What is density?

Answer 10

the amount mass per unit volume

Question 11

What does density tell you?

Answer 11

how tightly matter is packed together

Question 12

What is the formula for density?

Answer 12

density = mass/volume

Question 13

What is density measured in?

Answer 13

kg/m^3

Question 14

What is the scientific name for a weighing scale?

Answer 14

mass balance or top pan balance

Question 15

How can you measure the density of an irregular shape?

Answer 15

you can use the water displacement method.