SCIENCE PRACTICE WORKSHEET
Class VIII
DENSITY
Section A
Q1. Circle the correct option:
1. The diagram shows a rectangular block.
The density of the block is 2.5g/cm3
What is the mass of the block?
A. 18g C. 50 g
B. 24g D. 150g
2-The diagram shows the equipment used to determine the density of a liquid.
Which equation is used to calculate the density of the liquid?
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3- Which expression is used to calculate density?
A. Mass X volume
B. Mass/volume
C. Volume + mass
D. Volume/mass
Section B
Q2. Give reasons as to why:
I. we use the water displacement method to measure the volume of an irregular object
instead of using a ruler.
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II.Why does 1 cubic meter of iron have a much greater mass than 1 cubic meter of
water?
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Q3. A student wishes to find the volume of an irregular piece of wood. Her experiment
requires using a small brass object of mass 200 g.
Calculate the volume of the brass object.
The density of brass is 8.4 g / cm3.
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Q4. The figure shows a view of a large tank in a marine visitor attraction.
The tank is 51 m long and 20 m wide. The seawater in the tank is 11 m deep and has a
density of 1030 kg / m3.
Calculate the mass of water in the tank.
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Section C
Q5. Sarah finds an ancient gold nugget while exploring a cave.
She wants to determine its volume to check its authenticity. She fills a graduated cylinder
with 50 mL of water and drops the nugget inside, causing the water level to rise to 68 mL.
What is the volume of the gold nugget?
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Q6. Qasim and Ahmed are testing the density of seawater. They measure the mass of 250
mL of seawater and find it to be 275 g.
a) What is the density of seawater?
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b)How does this explain why it is easier to float in seawater than in freshwater?
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