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Using the following simulation, understand density by creating an experiment
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/density-and-buoyancy/density_en.html
Using the following simulation, understand density by creating an experiment
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/density-and-buoyancy/density_en.html
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Directions:
1. Explain how you use the simulation to measure the volume that an object can displace.
Answer:
First, we examine a block of wood with a mass of 2 kilograms as shown in Fig. 1.1.
Fig. 1.1. Set-up of 2kg block of wood and 100L water
Immersing the block of wood into the 100L water pond, we can see in the simulator that the
water volume increased by 2 liters as shown in Fig 1.2.
Fig. 1.2. Measuring the volume of the block of wood.
Now, we try another block of wood with a mass of 4 kg. Immersing the block into the
same 100L water, we can see that the volume of the water increased by 4 liters as shown in Fig.
1.3.
Fig. 1.3. Measuring the volume of the block of wood.
Therefore, we can conclude that the volume of the first block of wood is 2 liters and the
volume of the second block of wood is 4 liters which is the difference between the original volume
of the water without the blocks of wood and the volume of the water after immersing each blocks
of wood.
Also:
a. What is similar or different from the volume that the blocks displace
naturally? How might a scientist explain the behavior?
Answer:
The volume that the two blocks displaced naturally simply indicates the volume of each
block. This means that the 2kg block that displaced 2 liters of water has a volume of 2 liters and
the 4kg block has a volume of 4 liters.
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