1. Physical Science Density Challenge 1
L. LaRosa for T. Trimpe

2. These four cubes are the same shape and size and therefore have the same volume. They each contain different substances and have different masses. Using logic, place the cubes in order from least to most dense.
Oil
AIR
WATER
HELIUM

3. These four cubes are the same shape and size and therefore have the same volume. They each contain different substances and have different masses. Using logic, place the cubes in order from least to most dense.
HELIUM
AIR
Oil
WATER
Helium balloons float in air, oil floats on top of water, and our atmosphere is above the water on the Earth’s surface. (Assume liquid water for the blue box.) Density tells us how tightly packed the atoms are within a given volume.
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