A.M.D.G.

Majerczyk/Chemistry
Mass & Volume Lab
Summary

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Name __________________________________________ Lab Periods ________ Date _______________

Data Tables:
Neatly transfer the data that you collected in class to the data table below. Or, take a screenshot of your data
table from Vernier Graphical Analysis and paste it into the space below.

Iron Cylinders Aluminum Blocks

Tests Volume Mass Volume Mass
(mL) (g) (mL) (g)

1
2
3
4
5
6
Graph:
Use Vernier Graphical Analysis to make a graph with two lines representing your data. Use volume as the
independent variable, and mass as the dependent variable. Make sure you label the axes correctly and give
the graph a title. Create lines of best fit for each of the data sets and make sure your graph shows the box
with the slope and y-intercept for each line. Take a screenshot of your graph and paste it into the space
below.
Slope:
1. Write your slopes (with units) below.

Iron slope = ________________ Aluminum Slope = ___________________

2.

Examples:
For every one milliliter, silver has 10.5 grams.
For every one (x unit), (metal) has (slope) (y units).

Iron:

Aluminum:

3. Based on your two to the mass for 1 mL

of aluminum.

4. What common science term is used to refer to the slope of the line in a graph of mass vs. volume?

y-intercept:
As a general rule, if the absolute value of your y-intercept is less than 5% of your highest y-value, it is small
enough to ignore.

5. Is the absolute value of the y-intercept for your iron line less than 5% of your largest mass?

Iron:

|________________| x 100 =

6. Is the absolute value of the y-intercept for your aluminum line less than 5% of your largest mass?

Aluminum:

|_________________| x 100 =
Equation:
7. Write the equation for your iron line. Include units. If your y-intercept is small enough to ignore, leave
it out.

8. Write the equation for your aluminum line. Include units. If your y-intercept is small enough to
ignore, leave it out.

9. Write the general equation that relates mass and volume for any substance.

Drawing Particle Diagrams

10. Draw particle diagrams for a piece of aluminum and a piece of iron that have the same volume.
Assume the box represents the size of the piece.
Aluminum Iron

Aluminum = iron =

n( ) = n( ) =

11. Draw particle diagrams for a piece of aluminum and a piece of iron that have the same mass. Draw a
box around the particles to represent the size of the piece.

Aluminum Iron

Aluminum = iron =
n( ) = 10 n( ) = 10
12. In particle diagrams:
a. mass is represented by _________________________________________________________.

b. volume is represented by _______________________________________________________.

c. density is represented by _______________________________________________________.