P1 DENSITY

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WHAT IS DENSITY?
A MEASURE OF THE 'COMPACTNESS' OF A SUBSTANCE. RELATES TO THE MASS OF A SUBSTANCE TO HOW MUCH SPACE IT TAKES UP
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WHAT'S THE FORMULA TO CALCULATE DENSITY?
DENSITY = MASS / VOLUME
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WHAT ARE THE UNITS OF DENSITY?
g/cm(^3) OR kg/m(^3)
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WHEN WILL AN OBJECT FLOAT?
WHEN THE AVERAGE DENSITY OF THE OBJECT IS LOWER THAN THE DENSITY OF THE FLUID
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HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE DENSITY OF AN OBJECT?
YOU HAVE TO MEASURE THE MASS AND VOLUME OF THE OBJECT THEN APPLY THE FORMULA
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HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE MASS OF SOLID OR A LIQUID?
BY USING A MASS BALANCE
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HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE VOLUME OF A LIQUID?
BY USING A MEASURING CYLINDER
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1ml = ?
1cm(^3)
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HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE VOLUME OF A SOLID CUBOID?
BY MEASURE THE WIDTH, HEIGHT AND LENGTH THEN MULTIPLYING THEM ALL TOGETHER
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HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE VOLUME OF A SOLID CYLINDER?
BY MEASURING THE DIAMETER OF THE BASE AND HALVING TO FIND THE RADIUS. THEN MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF THE CYLINDER AND USING THE FORMULA (VOLUME = Pi x RADIUS(^2) x HEIGHT)
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU SUBMERG AN OBJECT IN A LIQUID?
THE OBJECT WILL DISPLACE A VOLUME OF THE LIQUID EQUAL TO THE VOLUME OF THE OBJECT
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WHAT IS EURAKA'S CAN?
AN EXPERIMENT THAT MEASURES THE DISPLACEMENT (VOLUME) OF AN IRREGUALR SOLID OBJECT
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DENSITY = MASS / VOLUME

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WHAT'S THE FORMULA TO CALCULATE DENSITY?

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g/cm(^3) OR kg/m(^3)

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WHEN THE AVERAGE DENSITY OF THE OBJECT IS LOWER THAN THE DENSITY OF THE FLUID

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YOU HAVE TO MEASURE THE MASS AND VOLUME OF THE OBJECT THEN APPLY THE FORMULA

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