Density

1. 500 grams of sugar occupies a volume of 0.315 liters. What is the density of the sugar in
grams per milliliter?

2. The density of a substance is 1.63 grams per milliliter. What is the mass of 0.25 liters of the
substance in grams?

3. The density of pure solid copper is 8.94 grams per milliliter. What volume does 5 kilograms
of copper occupy?

4. What is the mass of a 450 centimeter³ block of silicon if the density of silicon is 2.336
grams/centimeter³?

5. What is the mass of a 15 centimeter cube of iron if the density of iron is 7.87
grams/centimeter³?

6. Which of the following is greater?

a. 7.8 grams per milliliter or 4.1 μg/μL
b. 3 x 10-2 kilograms/centimeters3 or 3 x 10-1 milligrams/centimeter3

7. Two liquids, A and B, have densities 0.75 grams per milliliter and 1.14 grams per milliliter,
respectively. When both liquids are poured into a container, one liquid floats on top of the
other. Which liquid is on top?

8. How many kilograms of mercury would fill a 5-liter container if the density of mercury is 13.6
grams/centimeter³?

9. How much does 1 gallon of water weigh in pounds?

Given: Density of water = 1 gram/centimeter³

10. How much space does 1 pound of butter occupy if the density of butter is 0.94
grams/centimeter³?
 Pressure & Moment
1. The weight of a 100 N laser printer is spread over 0.5m2. What is the pressure it exerts?
a. 50 N/m2
b. 200 N/m2
c. 500 N/m2
2. What are the correct units of pressure?
a. Newtons per square meter
b. Coulombs
c. Newtons
3. How do you calculate pressure?
a. Area divided by force
b. Force divided by area
c. Force added to area
4. What are the correct units of force?
a. Newtons per square meter
b. Pascals
c. Newtons
5. Where is there greatest pressure?
a. At the bottom of the ocean
b. In the middle of the ocean
c. At the surface of the ocean
6. What is the moment of a 6 N force acting 1.5 m from a pivot?
a. 9 N/m
b. 4 Nm
c. 9 Nm
7. What is the name of the force applied to a lever?
a. Effort
b. Pivot
c. Load
8. A gear rotates clockwise. What is the direction of a touching gear, seen from the same
direction?
a. Clockwise
b. No rotation
c. Anticlockwise
9. Two identical weights are attached to opposite ends of a beam. Both are 1 m from the pivot.
What happens if the right-hand weight is moved closer to the pivot?
a. The beam rotates clockwise
b. The moment of the left-hand weight decreases
c. The beam rotates anticlockwise
10. What will be the effect of using a longer lever to apply a force further from the pivot?
a. The turning effect will increase
b. There will be no difference in the turning effect
c. The turning effect will decrease
 Sound
1. Which do sound waves travel fastest through?
a. Solid
b. Gas
c. Liquid
2. What is the name given to the range above human hearing?
a. Infrasound
b. Ultrasound
c. Infrared
3. Which of these is the correct order for the speed of waves starting with the fastest?
a. Sound, light, water
b. Light, water, sound
c. Light, sound, water
4. Which of these is the correct equation for speed?
a. speed = distance ÷ time
b. speed = distance × time
c. distance = speed × time
5. What is the correct scientific term for pitch?
a. Frequency
b. Amplitude
c. Wavelength
6. In a given medium, if the frequency of a wave decreases, its__________.
a. wavelength increases
b. speed increases
c. amplitude decreases
d. wavelength decreases
7. Wave B will create a _________ than wave A.
a. louder sound
b. quieter sound
c. lower pitch
d. higher pitch
8. What is the number of wavelengths that pass a point in one second?
a. amplitude
b. volume
c. sound
d. frequency
9. ________ is the loudness or softness of a sound.
a. Volume
b. Pitch
c. Noise
d. Sound
10. We measure the frequency of a wave in________.
a. Meters
b. Hertz
c. Meters per second
d. Hertz per second