We determine the mass of the metal in grams by weighing it using the balance.
Next we obtain the volume of the metal by measuring its displacement with a graduated cylinder and water in the following way:
1.measure amount of water in the graduated cylinder.
2. Place metal into the graduated cylinder
3. Measure the amount of water in the graduated cylinder
4. Subtract step 1 from step 3. The difference is the metal's volume.
Once we have found out the mass and the volume then we calculate the density using the formula:
Density = Mass/Volume.
We then check our answer from the known densities of metals in the table of densities that has been provided and determine the identity and purity of the metal by how close our answer is to the most probable value in the table.
14 should be B if I can remember correctly, 15 is C
Answer: There are few ‘laws’ in science. Those ‘laws’ are so named for historical reasons, but they are theoretical in nature. They set out what happens when a theory is applied in practice. A theory is simply the best explanation we have for understanding why some process takes place and predicting what the result will be.
Explanation: Anyone who describes something as “just a theory” does not understand what a theory is. Laws are arbitrary human rules. Theories are severely tested and re-tested explanations of why things happen in the real physical world and can be used to make predictions about outcomes.
Some would say that theories are about why something happens and laws (in science) describe what happens. But this simply makes a scientific ‘law’ a subset of a scientific theory, explaining how to make predictions.
