Question

Julio wants to find the volume of a small pebble. He drops it into a graduated cylinder filled with 30.0 mL of water.

How is Julio most likely trying to determine the pebble’s volume?

by calculating water density
by calculating water displacement
by measuring the pebble’s dimensions
by measuring the pebble’s mass

Answer 1

By calculating displacement

Answer 2

Option B, by calculating water displacement

Step-by-step explanation:

As per the Archimedes Principle, the volume of the amount of water displaced by an object when it is placed in water is equal to volume of the object.

By this logic, Julio in this experiment is trying to measure the amount of displaced water . Once she gets the quantity of displaced water , she can easily deduce the volume of small pebble as volume of displaced water will be equal to the volume of small pebble.

Hence, Option B is correct