Critical Thinking Questions
1. If the edge of a meter stick was worn away and you used the worn end to measure length of a block of wood, would your measurement be too long, too short, or unaffected?
2. Since intensive properties can be used to identify substances, compare your densities of unknown solid and liquid with those listed in Table 1 and identify them.
I got lead and ethanol
3. If the irregular solid were not completely immersed in the water, would your calculated density be too high, too low or unaffected? Why?
4. An empty graduated cylinder weighs 88.34 g. When filled to the 25.0 mL mark with an unknown liquid, the cylinder weighs 128.09 g. Calculate the density of the liquid.
5. A ring is measured to have a mass of 26.67 g and a volume of 2.36 cm³. Is this ring made of pure gold? Why?
6. Which density would you find more reliable, a density determined by graphing or a density determined by calculating the average of two trials? Explain.