One way would be to get a container into which you could put the rock completely, fill it to the brim with water (without the rock in it), then put the rock in and measure the volume of the water that flowed out.
This would be called a graduated cillender. But the ccs vary in this tool...from 100 to 1000 * * * * * A graduated CYLINDER might be a better choice!
Half fill a graduated glass beaker with water and note the level. Place irregularly shaped object into the beaker. Note the new level. The difference between the two levels is the volume of the object. cw: OK, that method works for objects that don't get wet -- like steel. Tissue paper would not be a good candidate. Also, if the object floats, you have to submerge the object.
It would be hard to find a line of symmetry on a moon, as it is likely to be irregularly shaped.
To find the volume of a cube, just measure one edge, and then take the third power of that number (which is to say, it gets multiplied by itself 3 times, so for an edge that it 2" long, you would have 2 x 2 x 2 = 8 cubic inches). To find the volume of an irregularly shaped object, you need a graduated cylinder. You immerse the object in water, and you observe how far the water level rises in the cylinder. If the object is soluble in water, you might use some other liquid such as cooking oil.
When you are trying to find the volume of an irregularly shaped object.
Immerse the object completely in a liquid (e.g. water) and measure the volume of liquid displaced.
You can find the volume of an irregularly shaped object, like a rock, by using the water displacement method. Submerge the object in a known volume of water in a container. Measure the increase in water level, which equals the volume of the rock.
To find the volume of an irregularly shaped object that would dissolve in water, you can use the water displacement method. Fill a known volume of water in a container, note the initial water level, then submerge the object in the water and measure the new water level. The difference in water levels is the volume of the object.
A beaker. Simply fill the beaker with a known quantity of liquid. Drop the object into the beaker, and measure the difference in the fluid levels.
To calculate the density of an irregularly shaped object, you would typically use a scale to measure its mass and a graduated cylinder to measure its volume by displacement of water. The density can then be calculated by dividing the mass by the volume.
To find the density of an irregularly shaped object like a rock, you can use the water displacement method. First, measure the volume of water displaced when the rock is submerged in a known volume of water. Then, divide the mass of the rock by the volume of water displaced to calculate the density.
To find the volume of the irregularly shaped chunk of copper, you would need to divide the mass by the density of copper (8,960 kg/m^3). The volume can be calculated using the formula: volume = mass / density. In this case, the volume would be 1.5 kg / 8,960 kg/m^3 = 1.67 x 10^-4 cubic meters.
To calculate the volume of an irregularly shaped object, a good idea would be to get a bucket full of water and submerge that object into the bucket. Then measure the amount of water that runs over and that should be the volume of your object. For example if you take a sealed bottle of bottle stick it in a bucket filled with water, then let it's volume filll the space and displace the water. The water that is displaced or the water that runs out is the volume of your irregular shape. Get it?
One way would be to get a container into which you could put the rock completely, fill it to the brim with water (without the rock in it), then put the rock in and measure the volume of the water that flowed out.
equal the density of any other piece, assuming that the original cube was made of the same uniform substance.
This would be called a graduated cillender. But the ccs vary in this tool...from 100 to 1000 * * * * * A graduated CYLINDER might be a better choice!