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Science Help please??? Urgent!!!!?
You are given a kilogram of oak and a kilogram of lead. Which has the greater mass? Which has the greater volume?
Please explain why!
I am also confused if volume depends on mass and vise versa
Thank You!
4 Answers
- ?Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
They have the same mass. 1kg = 1 kg
Oak is a form of wood and most forms of wood float in water, meaning the density is less than 1
Lead has a density of about 11 ... So D = mass/volume ... the volume is smaller for the lead than the oak.
- ?Lv 48 years ago
They have the same mass assuming their weights were both established by scales on earth. Since lead is more dense than oak it require less volume to equal 1 kilogram than does oak. Since oak floats its density is less than water and since lead sinks, its density is greater.
Since lead has a density of 11.34 g/cm^3 and the density of white Oak is 770 kg/M^3 one can determine the volume of each necessary to have a weight (on earth) of 1 kilogram.
Since 1 kilogram = 1000 g, 1000/11.34 = 88.18 cm^3 of lead will equal 1 kg. This is a cube with side equal to 4.45 cm.
Since 1 cubic meter (1,000,000 cm^3) of oak weighs 770 kg, 1 kg of oak will require a volume 1/770 or 0.00129 cubic meters or 1298.7 cm^3. This is a cube with sides of 10.91 cm.
- 8 years ago
They have the same mass, but you cannot determine the volume without the of length, hight, and width.
Volume=lwh
- Anonymous8 years ago
They have the same mass. It's like asking which is heavier: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks.