NAME:_____________________________________

Do Now AQUATIC SCIENCE October 12, 2020

Background: A graduated cylinder is an instrument used to find the volume. Sometimes objects have irregular shapes
and it is hard to find their volumes. One method to find the volume of irregular shaped objects is water displacement.
An example of water displacement is taking a graduated cylinder with 10 mL of water and dropping in an irregular
object (AA DURACELL BATTERY). The new volume reads 15 mL. This shows a 5 mL volume increase. To find the objects
volume you take the final volume minus the initial volume.

Example.

= 5 mL volume difference

INITIAL VOLUME FINAL VOLUME

Directions: Use the background information above to answer questions 1-2

1. The formula for density is Density = volume/mass TRUE or FALSE

2. What is the formula for finding the volume of an irregular shaped object? ______________________

Directions: Use the given volume of the cylinder BELOW to find the volume for objects in 3-6
ALL WORK MUST BEEN SHOWN TO RECEIVE CREDIT!

______mL ______mL ______mL

6. The mass of the following objects are as follows; Nail - 16 grams , Glue stick – 80 grams , Key – 42
grams. Based on the information, which object has the most density, which has the least?

Most Density: _________________ Least Density: _________________