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Earth Science: Calculating Density (Module 1, Topic 6)

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Closeup of 2 beakers filled with 60 milliliters of clear liquid. Next to the beakers are a brown cylindrical object a black cube. Man in the background reaches his hands towards the objects.

Density is the mass per unit volume or the amount of matter in a given volume. Students are shown how to measure the mass and volume of objects in order to determine their densities. Part of the "Earth Science" series.

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Runtime: 13 minutes 4 seconds

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