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Oklahoma State University

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Answer all of the questions below. If you do not know an answer enter CNA. However, it will help me the most if you answer each question with your best intuition/idea about what would be a reasonable answer.


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In this ACA we will explore a simulation that allows the mesurement of some properties of matter. This simulation was created by PhET Project at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Click here to open the simulation. Click on the link, open the simulation and re-size the window so you can see the simulation and the BCE. In the upper right corner click on the Mystery option. If you cannot play the Flash movie, here is an mp4 movie that includes the data you will need to answer Questions 1 and 2. Remember you can stop, rewind and forward the movie as you require. Note: If the movie size is very small just re-size the window to change the size of the image.

1. In the Mystery Option are five labeled cubes. Complete the Table I below

 

Block

Mass (kg)

Volume (L)

A

B

C

D

E

Table I.

2. Determine the density of each of the block and enter the value in Table II.

 

Block

Density (kg/L)

A

B

C

D

E

Table I.I

3. In the upper right corner select the Custom Option. In the upper left corner select the MyBlock option. Here is an mp4 movie that includes the data you will need to answer Question 3, Conditions I, II and III. Describe what happens to the block in each of the following conditions:

Condition I : The mass of the block is high and the volume of the block is low.

Indicate the density of your block. kg/L

Condition II : The mass of the block in kg is equal to the volume of the block in L. (Play with the block a little...drop from a high point, from a low point, while it is in the water, but not submerged.)

Indicate the density of your block. kg/L

Condition III : The mass of the block is low and the volume of the block is high.

Indicate the density of your block. kg/L

4. Is there anything about the questions that you feel you do not understand? List your concerns/questions.

5. If there is one question you would like to have answered in lecture, what would that question be?