GCSE Physics for You, Fifth Edition

Answers to End-of-chapter questions for Chapter 12, Density

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own knowledge of Physics.
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1. density = mass ÷ volume

= 100 g ÷ 20 cm3
= 5 g/cm3 ( = 5000 kg/m3 )

2. density = mass ÷ volume

= 40 000 kg ÷ 5 m3
= 8000 kg/m3

3. density = mass ÷ volume

6000 kg/m3 = mass ÷ 3 m3
∴ mass = 18 000 kg

4. Object Density Mass Volume

(kg/m3) (kg) (m3)
A 2000 4000 2
B 8000 32 000 4
C 2000 1000 0.5
D 500 2000 4
a) B
b) C
c) A and C
d) D

5. Volume of the tank = depth × width × length

= 2m × 4m × 5m
= 40 m3
density = mass ÷ volume
1000 kg/m3 = mass ÷ 40 m3
∴ mass = 40 000 kg

6. density = mass ÷ volume

4000 kg/m3 = 20 000 kg ÷ volume
∴ volume = 20 000 kg ÷ 4000 kg/m3 = 5 m3

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7. density = mass ÷ volume

= 30 g ÷ (60 – 50) cm3
= 3 g/cm3 ( = 3000 kg/m3 )

8. a) Volume of the stack = 2 m × 1 m × 1 m = 2 m3

b) Volume of 1 brick = 2 m3 ÷ 1000 = 0.002 m3
c) density = mass ÷ volume
2500 kg/m3 = mass ÷ 2 m3
∴ mass = 5000 kg
d) 1000 kg = one-fifth of the total 5000 kg. So, he can load 200 bricks.

9. density = mass ÷ volume

1.3 kg/m3 = mass ÷ (2.5 m × 4 m × 10 m)
∴ mass = 1.3 kg/m3 × 100 m3 = 130 kg
This is about twice your mass, perhaps more.

10. See page 75.

11. a) See page 75.

b) density = mass ÷ volume
= 550 g ÷ 50 cm3
= 11 g/cm3 ( = 11 000 kg/m3) It is probably made of Lead.
c) Archimedes used a similar method to test a crown that the king suspected
had not been made entirely of gold. In effect, Archimedes showed that the
density of the ‘gold’ crown was not the same as the density of gold. The
density of the crown was less (because other less-dense metals had been
mixed with the gold).
Because the density was less, the ‘gold’ crown would displace more water
(from a bath) than a truly gold object of the same mass (weight).

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