Name: _________________________________________________________________________ Class: ______________ Date: ______________

KEY
mass volume
A measure of The amount
the amount of space
of matter that an
What is the ratio between a that makes object or
substance’s mass and volume? up an object An apple substance
or substance. has a mass occupies.
of 100 grams

Density is a physical property of Density applies to other things too . . .

Population Density: how

many people per square
unit of land

What is In other words, density is

density?
the amount of stuff
New Jersey:
occupying a certain 467 people per km2

Wyoming:
amount of .
2 people per km2

Looking at things on a ‘particle’ level:

A
Imagine that these magnifying glasses
constellation
can view at the particle level. Draw
has a low
what the particles would look like.
density
What does compared to
High density things
a galaxy!
density look have a lot of particles
like at the packed into the space.
particle
level? Stuffing
phonebooths to a
high density was
Low density things have many fewer a hobby in the
1950s. The record
particles packed into the space.
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was 25 people!
 Imagine that these 6 cubes are each one cubic centimeter of a different solid substance. KEY
aluminum iron water gold wood ice

2.7 g 7.9 g 1g 19.3 g 0.5 g 0.9 g

Do 1. Label the most dense substance as gold and color it yellow.
2. Label the least dense substance as wood and color it brown. These cubes are the same size. How
3. Label the substance that has a density of 1 g/cm3 as water and color it blue. can they have different masses?
4. The second most dense substance is iron. Label it and color it dark gray. They each have a different amount
5. Find the substance which has a density just slightly less than water.
Label this as ice and leave it white. of particles squeezed into the
6. The remaining substance is aluminum. Label it and color it light gray. same amount of space.

What is the
formula for
density and
what are the
units?

Density is usually
measured in one of these
units. It’s always a mass
unit over a volume unit.
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 The Density Triangle
KEY
helps to manipulate
the density formula

To Find mass
If you need to find the MASS of
What is the
a substance, cover the “m”. You
Density
Triangle? will MULTIPLY the density of the
substance by the volume. To Find volume
If you need to find the
VOLUME of a substance,
cover the “v”. You will
DIVIDE the mass of the
The trick is to cover what you
substance by the density.
want to find with your finger to
find the formula that you need.

View the video clip and summarize the big ideas below:
Why does the density of
5 Facts About Density Clip: https://bit.ly/2ykmGpK a pure object not change
: if it is cut in half?

Why does the regular cola The tightness of the atoms does not change when you
sink while the diet cola floats? cut the object in half. The ratio of mass to volume is
How does still the same as it was for the whole object.
The regular cola has more atoms in the
density
space because sugar has more molecules What is the relationship between the
affect how
than the substitute sugar in diet cola. The density of an object and whether it
matter sinks or floats in water?
regular cola is more dense than water
interacts? while the diet cola is less dense. . An object that has a density of more than 1 g/mL will sink.
A block that has a density of less than 1 g/mL will float.
How does the hot air balloon
rise up into the sky? Why does ice float in a glass of water
when ice is made of water too?
The air inside the balloon gets heated and Ice floats in water because frozen water molecules arrange
expands. This makes the air inside the into a crystal lattice that has more space between the
balloon less dense than the surrounding air, molecules. This means that ice has a lower density than liquid
which is why it rises up into the sky. water and therefore, it floats in liquid water.
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