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MASS, WEIGHT & DENSITY
Definition
SI Unit
Properties

Relationship

Mass
Weight
Measure of the amount of
Amount of gravitational
matter in a body
force acting on a body
Kilogram (kg)
Newton (N)
Mass has only magnitude,
Weight has both
and is constant
magnitude and direction
(unaffected by
(towards the centre of
gravitational field strength)
Earth)
Weight of an object is directly proportional to its mass.
W=mg

Gravitational field strength (g) is the gravitational force acting per unit mass on an
object. (SI: N/kg). On the surface of Earth, the acceleration caused by gravity is 9.81
m/s2, approximately.
VOLUME. Measures the Space Occupied by a body. (SI: m3)
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Examples: Cube: V 3 Sphere: V R3 Cylinder: V R2h
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DENSITY. Density is the mass per unit volume of a substance. The equation for
m
determining density is
(SI: kg/m3)
V
Use g = 10 m/s2
01. A man has a mass of 66 kg on Earth.
What is his weight in Newton?
660 N
02. Neil weighs 750 Newton (750 N) on
Earth. On the planet Mars, the force
of gravity is 38% of that on Earth.
How much would Neil weigh on
Mars?
285 N
03. Buzz has a mass of 70 kg. What is his
weight on the Earth (in Newton)?
700 N
04. Valentina has a mass of 55 kg.
What is her weight on Mars, where
the gravitational force is 3.72 N/kg,
to the nearest whole number?
205 N

05. Luke weighs 980 N on Earth and 370

N on the planet Mercury.
What is the gravitational force on
Mercury?
3.7 N/kg
06. The ratio of the gravitational force
on the Moon to the gravitational
force on Earth is 1:6. James has a
mass of 84 kg on Earth.
What is his mass on the Moon?
84 kg
07. A wax candle has a volume of 1,000
ml. The candle has a mass of 1.4 kg
(1,400 g). What is the density of the
candle?
1.4 g/ml

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08. The diagram shows a material with

dimensions 5 cm 4 cm 2 cm. I has
a mass of 100 g. What is your
density?

2.5 g/cm3
09. A cube has a side of 5 cm. It has a
mass of 250 grams. The density of the
cube is:
2.0 g/cm3
10. A block of aluminum occupies a
volume of 15.0 ml and weighs 40.5 g.
What is its density?
2.7 g/ml
11. A student measures the mass of five
steel nuts to be 96.2 g. The nuts
displace 13 ml of water. Calculate
the density of the steel in the nuts
7.4 g/cm3
12. Ten identical steel balls, each of
mass 27 g, are immersed in a
measuring cylinder containing
20 cm3 of water. The reading of the
water level rises to 50 cm3.
What is the density of the steel?
9.0 g/cm3

15. A bead weights 15 g. You place it in

a graduated cylinder that has 20 ml
of water in it. After placing the bead
in the cylinder, the water level is now
at 30 ml. What is its density?
1.5 g/ml
16. A 4,500 g. cube of titanium is 10
centimeters on each side. Calculate
its volume in cm3, and then
calculate its density in g/cm3
1000 cm3, 4.5 g/cm3
17. A wooden block of dimension 1
m 1 m 1 m has a mass of 800 kg.
Ajay attached a steel plate of
dimension 1 m 1 m 0.02 m to the
block. Given that the steel plate has
a mass of 140 kg, what is the density
of the combination in kg/m3?
922 kg/m3
18. Godzilla was running wild in Brigham
City but was finally captured. The
Police Department needs you to tell
them his density (the FBI must know
this). You have a huge vat of water
filled to the 1,000 L level. You drop
the kicking and roaring Godzilla into
the vat. It now reads 2,716 L. At the
bottom of your vat is a scale. You
empty the water and weigh Godzilla
His mass is 8,000kg. What is his
density?
4.662 kg/ml

13. A rectangular block of copper metal

weighs 1896 g. The dimensions of the
block are 8.4 cm by 5.5 cm by 4.6
cm. From this data, what is the
density of copper?
8.9 g/cm3
14. An irregular object with a mass of
118 g displaces 25 ml of water when
placed in a graduated cylinder.
Calculate the density of the object
4.72 g/ml

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MASS, WEIGHT & DENSITY

01. Mass is:
A. The amount of matter in an
object
B. The amount of matter in a small
amount of space
C. The amount of matter plus the
volume
D. The amount of matter that makes
an object more dense
02. How is mass different than weight?
A. Mass and weight are not any
different. They are exactly the
same
B. Mass is the amount of matter and
weight is the amount of matter
plus electricity
C. Mass is the amount of matter and
weight is the amount of matter
plus energy
D. Mass is the amount of matter and
weight is the amount of matter
plus gravity
03. The formula for finding density is:
A. The volume divided by the mass
B. The mass multiplied by the
volume
C. The mass divided by the volume
D. The volume multiplied by the
mass
04. You are given a mystery object in
science class. Your teacher asks you
to determine if your object is more or
less dense than water. You place the
object in the water and it sinks. What
statement would best describe this
situation?

A. The mystery substance is denser

than water
B. Water is denser than the mystery
substance
C. They both have the same mass
D. The mystery substance must be
hollow
05. You have two plastic glasses. One
contains 40 ml of water and the
other contains 40 ml of alcohol.
Which statement is correct?
A. Both glasses have the same
density
B. Both glasses have the same
volume
C. Both glasses have the same mass
D. All of the above
06. The mass of a rock on the Earth is 2.0
kg. What is the mass of the rock on
the Moon?
A.
B.
C.
D.

1.7 kg
2.0 kg
3.4 kg
20 kg

07. The mass of a rock on the Earth is 2.0

kg. What is the weight of the rock on
the Moon?
A.
B.
C.
D.

1.7 N
2.0 N
3.4 N
20 N

08. The weight of a rock on the Earth is

20 N. What is the weight of the rock
on the Moon?
A. 2.0 N
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B. 3.4 N
C. 12 N
D. 20 N
09. The weight of a rock on the Moon is
200 N. What is the mass of the rock
on the Earth?
A.
B.
C.
D.

20 kg
118 kg
200 kg
1180 kg

10. The weight of a rock on the Moon is

200 N. What is the weight of the rock
on the Earth?
A.
B.
C.
D.

object A, object B, object C

object C, object A, object B
object A, object C , object B
object B, object C, object A

12. An astronaut of mass 80 kg jumped

out of the rocket after it had landed
on Jupiter. The astronaut took 0.40 s
to drop for 2.0 m. What was the
weight of the astronaut on Jupiter?
A.
B.
C.
D.

14. The figures below show the

difference in water level before and
after solid A is submerged in
measuring cylinder. Given that solid
A is 20 g, what is the density of solid
A?

20 N
118 N
200 N
1180 N

11. The weight of three objects

measured on three celestial bodies
are listed below. The weight of
object A on the Moon is 200 N. The
weight of object B on Jupiter is 6000
N. The weight of object C on
Mercury is 400 N. Which of the
following sequence shows the mass
of the three objects in ascending
order? (The acceleration due to
gravity of the Moon, Jupiter and
Mercury are 1.7 m s-2, 25.4 m s-2 and
3.8 m s-2 respectively)
A.
B.
C.
D.

13. When solid A of mass 2 g is immersed

in a measuring cylinder filled with
water, it displaces a volume of 4
cm3, what is the density of solid A?
A. 0.3 g cm-3
B. 0.5 g cm-3
C. 2 g cm-3
D. 4 g cm-3

800 N
1000 N
1800 N
2000 N

A.
B.
C.
D.

0.3 g cm-3
0.5 g cm-3
2 g cm-3
4 g cm-3

15. When solid A of mass 12 g is

immersed in a measuring cylinder
filled with water, it displaces the
same volume of water as solid B of
mass 8 g. What can be deduced
about the densities of solids A and B?
A. Both A and B have the same
density
B. Density of A is 4 times density of B
C. Density of A is 2/3 times density of
B
D. Density of A is 3/2 times density of
B
16. In an attempt to find the density of a
piece of floating object, the
following measurements were
carried out.
Figure 1: Measuring cylinder with
water.
Figure 2: Measuring cylinder with
water and a piece of stone
submerged within.
Figure 3: Measuring cylinder with
water and a piece of stone tied to
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the floating object such that the

floating object is also submerged
under water.
Given that the floating object has a
mass of 3.0 g, what is its density?

A.
B.
C.
D.

1.87 g
5.25 g
16.9 g
105 g

18. A bottle full of water has a mass of

200 g. When the same bottle is filled
with liquid X, the mass becomes 180
g. If the mass of the empty bottle is
100 g, what is the density of liquid X
in g cm-3? (Take the density of water
is 1.0 g cm-3)

A.
B.
C.
D.

0.23 g cm-3
0.43 g cm-3
0.50 g cm-3
3.50 g cm-3

17. In an attempt to find the average

mass of an iron ball, the following
measurements were carried out.
Figure 1: Measuring cylinder with
water.
Figure 2: Measuring cylinder with
water and 20 iron balls submerged
within.
Given that iron has a density of 7.5 g
cm-3, what is the mass of one iron
ball?

A.
B.
C.
D.

0.2 g cm-3
0.8 g cm-3
0.9 g cm-3
1.2 g cm-3

19. A wooden block of dimension 1 m

1 m 1 m has a mass of 800 kg. Of
Ashwin sawed half of the block
away, what is the density of the
remaining wooden block in kg m-3?
A.
B.
C.
D.

200 kg m-3
400 kg m-3
800 kg m-3
1600 kg m-3

20. 5000 kg of iron is melted and mixed

with 2.0 m3 of molten copper. If the
density of molten iron and molten
copper are 7.5 g cm-3 and 9.0 g cm3
respectively, what is the
approximate density of the mixture?
A.
B.
C.
D.

7.5 g cm-3
8.3 g cm-3
8300 kg m-3
8600 kg m-3

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