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Physical Science, 5/e
Bill Tillery, Arizona State University

The World Around You

Exercises

  1. What is your height in meters?Answer In centimeters?Answer
  2. What is the mass density of mercury if 20.0 cm3 has a mass of 272 g?Answer
  3. What is the mass of a 10.0 cm3 cube of lead?Answer
  4. What is the volume of a rock with a mass density of 3.00 g/cm3 and a mass of 600 g?Answer
  5. If you have 34.0 g of a 50.0 cm3 volume of one of the substances listed in Table 1.4, which one is it?Answer
  6. What is the mass of water in a 40 L aquarium?Answer
  7. A 2.1 kg pile of aluminum cans is melted, then cooled into a solid cube. What is the volume of the cube?Answer
  8. A cubic box contains 1,000 g of water. What is the length of one side of the box in meters?Answer
  9. A loaf of bread (volume 3,000 cm3) with a density of 0.2 g/cm3 is crushed in the bottom of a grocery bag into a volume of 1,500 cm3. What is the density of the mashed bread?Answer
  10. According to Table 1.4, what volume of copper would be needed to balance a 1.00 cm3 sample of lead on a two-pan laboratory balance?Answer