024 - Scientific Measurement Lab Report Guide
Date Submitted: Self-evaluation Score:                  
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The Lab Question: How is the density of a sample of matter determined?
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Research References: X
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Procedures Observations
The following materials are available to you: a rectangular block of wood, an irregular-shaped piece of metal, a small quantity of water in a bottle, a triple-beam balance, a metric ruler, and a graduated cylindar.
Block of wood:
  1. Use the balance to find the mass of the block of wood to the nearest 0.1 gram.
  2. Use the ruler to find the volume of the block of wood to the nearest 0.1 cm3.
  3. Calculate the density of the block of wood in g/cm3 to 2 significant digits.
Water:
  1. Find the mass of the graduated cylindar to the nearest 0.1 gram.
  2. Pour the water into the graduated cylindar and read its volume to the nearest 0.1 cm3.
  3. Find the mass of the graduated cylindar with the water to the nearest 0.1 gram.
  4. Calculate the mass of the water to the nearest 0.1 gram.
  5. Calculate the density of water in g/cm3 to 2 significant digits.
Irregular-shaped metal:
  1. Find the mass of the irregular-shaped piece of metal to the nearest 0.1 gram.
  2. Find a way to measure the volume of the metal to the nearest 0.1 cm3 and write the procedure below: X

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  3. Calculate the density of the metal in g/cm3 to 2 significant digits.
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