SECTION – A

Circle the correct option for the questions 1 – 10. Each question carries one mar

1.Which items of apparatus are required to determine the density of a liquid?

(a) Balance and measuring cylinder

(b) Balance and thermometer
(c) Metre rule and measuring cylinder
(d) Metre rule and thermometer

2. A shop-keeper places two identical blocks of cheese on a set of scales and notices that their
combined mass is 240 g. Each block measures 2.0 cm x 5.0 cm x 10.0 cm. What is the density of
the cheese?
(a) 0.42 g/cm3
(b) 0.83 g/cm3
(c) 1.2 g/cm3
(d) 2.4 g/cm3

3. What apparatus is needed to determine the density of a

regularly-shaped block?

(a) a balance and a ruler

(b) a balance and a forcemeter (spring balance)
(c) a measuring cylinder and a ruler
(d) a measuring cylinder and a beaker

4. What happens to the least dense of two immiscible liquids?

(a) It falls to the bottom
(b) It mixes
(c) It rises to the top

5. A measuring cylinder contains some water. When a stone is put in the water, the level rises. What
is the volume of the stone?

a) 50 cm3
b) 70 cm3
c) 75 cm3
d) 125 cm3

6. Four liquids have densities as follows:

Liquid A: 1.5 g/cm3; Liquid B: 12 g/cm3; Liquids C: 0.8 g/cm3; Liquid D: 2.8 g/cm
When poured into a container, which of the following pictures shows the correct arrangement of
these liquids?

7. What is the pull of gravity on a mass of 1 kg at the Earth's surface?

(a) 7.8 N
(b) 8.9 N
(c) 9.8 N
(d) 10.5 N

8. What is the force existing between any two masses in the universe?
(a) Strain force
(b) Impact force
(c) Magnetic force
(d) Gravitational force

9. When two gases meet, the less dense gas …......................................

the denser gas.
(a) sinks down
(b) rises above
(c) mixes with

10. The gravitational field strength of a planet is …....................................

to the mass of the planet.
(a) Inversely proportional
(b) Directly proportional
(c) Same as
 SECTION – B (40 Marks)

Answer all the questions.

11. An astronaut had a weight of 600 N on Earth but when he arrived on the Moon his weight had
changed to 100 N. Explain the change. [2]

…....................................................................................................................

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12. Budi has three liquids: water, vegetable oil and maple syrup. He says the water has a density of
1, the vegetable oil has a density of 0.82 and the maple syrup has a density of 1.37.

(a) What are the units he is using to measure the density? [1]

…....................................................................................................................

(b) What would the units be if he multiplied them by a thousand? [1]

…....................................................................................................................

(c) Budi pours each one into the same tall jar. They settle out in layers.

(i) Which liquid is at the top? …...........................................

[1]

(ii) Which liquid is in the middle? …...........................................

[1]

(iii) Which liquid is at the bottom? …...........................................

[1]

(iv) Explain your answer about the formation of layers of liquid [2]

…............................................................................................................

…............................................................................................................

…............................................................................................................

(d) Budi pours some corn oil into the jar. He says it has a density of 0.97. Where does it settle?
Tick the correct option. [1]

(i) Above the water

(ii) Below the vegetable oil
(iii) Above the maple syrup
(iv) Below the maple syrup
13.Differentiate Mass and Weight. [2]

14. (a) The particles of a gas move further apart when they are heated. How does this affect the
density of the gas? [1]

…....................................................................................................................

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(b) The particles of a gas are pushed closer together when the pressure on the gas is increased. How
does this affect the density? [1]

…....................................................................................................................

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(c) If the densities of two gases are measured at the standard temperature and pressure (STP), what
does it mean? Give the value of standard temperature and pressure. [2]

…....................................................................................................................

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…....................................................................................................................

15. (a) The mass of a liquid is 40g. Name a piece of apparatus that could be used to measure this
mass.

….............................................................
[1]
(b) The volume of a liquid is 50cm3. Name a piece of apparatus that could be used to measure this
volume.

….......................................................
[1]
(c) Calculate the density of the liquid.
Show your working and give units in your answer.

…......................................................
[2]

16. Few students are carrying out measurements in order to determine the density of water using
two methods.

(a) Method 1

Fig. 1.1 shows an empty measuring cylinder on a balance and Fig. 1.2 shows the measuring cylinder
containing water.

(i) Read and record the mass m 1 of the empty measuring cylinder.

m1 = ….................................................
g [1]

(ii) Read and record the mass m 2 of the measuring cylinder and water.

m2 = ….................................................
g [1]

(iii) Read and record the volume V 1 of water, as shown in Fig. 1.2.

V1 = ….................................................
cm3 [1]
(iv) Calculate the density of water using your readings from (a) (i), (ii) and (iii). Give an appropriate
unit.

Density = …............................................
[2]

(b) Method 2

In this method, a test-tube is floated in the water left in the measuring cylinder from Method 1 and
the change in water level is measured.

(i) Read and record the mass m 3 of the empty measuring cylinder.

m3 = ….................................................
g [1]

(ii) The test-tube is carefully lowered, by means of a piece of cotton, into the measuring cylinder
until it flows as shown in Fig. 1.4. Read and record the new water level V 2 in the measuring
cylinder.

V2 = ….................................................
cm3 [1]

(iii) Using your results from (a) (iii) and (b) (iii), calculate V3, the change in the water level, where
V3 = (V2 – V1).

V3 = ….................................................
cm3 [1]

(iv) Calculate the density of water using the readings from (b) (i) and (b) (iii).

Density = …...............................................
[2]
17. (a) An IGCSE student is investigating the differences in density of small pieces of different
rocks. She is using an electronic balance to measure the mass of each sample and using the
‘displacement method’ to determine the volume of each sample. Fig. 5.1 shows the displacement
method.

(i) Write down the volume shown in each measuring cylinder.

V1 = …......................................

V2 = …......................................

(ii) Calculate the volume V of the rock sample.

V = …......................................

(iv) Calculate the density of sample A, where the mass m of the sample of rock is 109 g.

Density = …......................................
[4]

18. A student carries out an experiment to find the density of water, using a method that is slightly
different from normal. In his method, he starts with a measuring cylinder containing some water,
and then adds more water to that already in the measuring cylinder. His experiment is illustrated in
the following Fig.
The readings he obtains are as follows:
Calculate:

(a) The volume of the added water,

volume = …......................................
cm3 [2]
(b) The mass of the added water,

mass = …......................................
g [2]

(c) The density of water, stating clearly the equation you are using with unit.

density = …......................................
[2]