Question

During Mr. Nye's science class, students were expected to identify various substances using physical properties they could easily measure. Mr. Nye gave each of the five groups a green, metal cube and asked them to identify what the cube was made of. Matt's cube, after 5 trials, had an average density of 7.40 g/cm3 . His group's cube was made of A) aluminum. B) gold. C) nickel. D) zinc.

Answer 1

 His group's cube was made of D) zinc. Looking up the density values of each of the choices, it can be seen that zinc has the closest density out of all of them. It's actual density has a value of 7.14 g/cm3. The others have density values that are way too far from the average density of 7.4 g/cm3.

Answer 2

Answer: D.) Zinc

Explanation: