Question

Grace is given a piece of wood, an iron nail, and a styrofoam cup. She puts these objects into a bucket of water and observes that the nail sinks to the bottom, the wood floats just under the surface, and the cup floats on top of the water. What property is being demonstrated by this experiment. A) density Eliminate B) melting point C) solubility D) temperature

Answer 1

Density because any object that is more dense than water (density of 1. I forget the units) sinks, and any object less dense than water floats.