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Post by Mr. Kruse on Oct 31, 2008 8:52:16 GMT -6
Mass and volume are tricky concepts. They have some things in common, but are two different things.
I would like you to discuss how mass and volume are similar and also what the key differences are between them. Do not simply regurgitate what you have heard me say. Put your thinking in your own words or provide a new example to help people think about it.
Then you can critique each other's writing and explanations.
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Post by ernestocamacho1 on Oct 31, 2008 10:10:08 GMT -6
well i don't really no what the similar about them but i do know what one thing that is diff. about them like mass is checking the weight and that volume is how much space it takes up. Sorry if its not right but thats all know Sorry !!!
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Post by Jeremy Riffenberg on Oct 31, 2008 10:13:30 GMT -6
Sorry Ernesto, but I'm going to pull a Mr. Kruse on you too. We don't check the WEIGHT, but the MASS.
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Post by patricia schopp on Oct 31, 2008 10:14:18 GMT -6
mass is the weight and density is how much space an object can hold or take up.
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Post by Meranda Oban on Oct 31, 2008 10:18:33 GMT -6
The mass and the volume help find out the density of an object !!!!
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Post by veronicaloza on Oct 31, 2008 10:18:51 GMT -6
wow thats a good thing about mass and volume how is mass silmiar than volume?
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Post by elizabethperalez on Oct 31, 2008 10:21:08 GMT -6
they are similmar in the denstiy because mass divided by volume is denstiy.
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Post by Trevor Hudson on Oct 31, 2008 10:56:26 GMT -6
Mass is how much the object takes space. Volume is like the distance from end to end of the object. If the object has less mass and more volume then it's more likely to float. If the object has more mass than volume it's most likely to sink to the bottom.
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Post by Mr. Kruse on Oct 31, 2008 11:02:20 GMT -6
Mass is how much the object takes space. Volume is like the distance from end to end of the object. If the object has less mass and more volume then it's more likely to float. If the object has more mass than volume it's most likely to sink to the bottom. How is your discription of volume different than length?
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Post by katemaxcy on Oct 31, 2008 12:23:06 GMT -6
Mass is the amount of space an object takes up. Volume is the amount of mass something can hold.
They are similar because they are both dealing with how much something can hold or take up. These two concepts are very similar and the two are prone to confusion. Also, with mass, the definition explains that it's the amount of space the object takes up, which refers to the WHOLE object (including what's inside). On the other hand, the volume definition just explains that volume is the amount of mass INSIDE the object. This makes it very different from the mass defintion. When you break these two things down, like I just did, it's not as confusing. But, if you don't think clearly about the two, they can be difficult to comprehend.
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Post by farhiyojama on Oct 31, 2008 12:27:43 GMT -6
how does the mass and volume are denstiy?
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Post by Emily Kassing on Oct 31, 2008 12:28:38 GMT -6
But its mass over volume to get density right?
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Post by Emily Kassing on Oct 31, 2008 12:44:02 GMT -6
Mass is the weight of something (right?), and the volume is? Im not suree.
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Post by Karissa Jensen on Oct 31, 2008 13:17:10 GMT -6
They are alike, because they both are used to find the density of an object. The difference is mass is like how much stuff there is and volume is how much space the thing takes up.
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Post by Mr. Kruse on Oct 31, 2008 13:31:43 GMT -6
but doesn't volume kinda indicate how much stuff there is too...cause if there is more volume, wouldn't there be more stuff?
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