Placing a rock in a container does not alter the volume of the container, although it does occupy some of that volume.
You can find the volume of a small rock in no time at all. Just fill up a container that is marked by volume with water and record the volume. Then drop the small rock inside the container. Record the new volume. Find the difference between the new and old volumes. This is the volume of the small rock. You could do this in any liquid.
If you want to know the volume of a diamond when you have its weight, you need to remember 2 things : 1°) 1 metric carat=0,2 g 2°) The average density of a diamond is 3,517 (which means, for any given volume, it weighs 3,517 times the weight of the same volume of water. 1cm3 of water weighs 1 g. 1 cm3 of diamond weighs an average 3,517 g, or 17.585 carats) If (C) is the number of carats, and (D) is the density of the diamond (usually given by the certificate), then the volume (V)can be calculated as follows : V=(Cx0,2)/D For instance, a diamond of 2 carats weighs (2x0,2)=0,4 g. Its volume will be : 0,4/3,517=0,1137 cm3 Roughly speaking, the equivalent would be a cube of approximately 5 mm in length (0.4845 to be precise), or a sphere of 6 mm in diameter.
by using water in a container
mass is mass for solid, liquid, and gas. density of solid > density of liquid > density of gas volume of solid < volume of liquid < volume of gas There are some exceptions to "density of solid > density of liquid" and "volume of solid < volume of liquid", with some of them being ice / water and rock / magma.
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You would measure the length width and heighth. Then you would multiply them all together. <><><> A better means would be to have a container that the rock will fit in, and fill it full of water. Place the rock in the container, which will overflow. Then remove the rock, and measure the volume of water you have to pour into the container to make it full again. The volume of the water will equal the volume that was displaced by the rock.
Irregularly shaped objects have no formula for finding the volume. So, to find the volume of a rock, one method is to measure how much water the rock displaces. You simply need some sort of container that measures the volume of liquids and you need some water. The container should be large enough to put the rock in. First, fill the container to a certain volume, noting what that volume is and making sure that enough water is used to completely cover the rock when you put the rock in the container. Next place the rock into the container and measure the new volume indicated by the water. Subtract this new volume with the old volume, and the answer will be the volume of the rock. Another method is to use the rock's mass and density to calculate the volume. This can be tougher because you might not know what type of rock you have and many rocks are composites of different types of rocks. Some internet websites give the densities of different rocks. The website http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/ES304/MODULES/GRAV/NOTES/densities.html gives some simple densities. But if you have all this information, the volume can be determined by measuring the mass of the rock and dividing that number by the density.
it is easiest to do with small rocks, but can be dome with anything if you can move it and have a container large enough to hold it. place water into a container with measurment markings and place the rock into it. the amount the water level rises, called displacement, is the volume of the rock.
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.
Fill a beaker or measuring cylinder with water and record the volume of water indicated. Put the rock in the beaker/measuring cylinder and record the new volume of water indicated. The difference between the two volumes is the volume of the rock.
By its mass sweety. :) * * * * * It depends on the size of the rock. If you can lift it, find a container that is big enough to hold it. Put that container inside a collecting tray. Fill the container with water (or another liquid) to a level at least as high as the rock. Mark that level. Put the rock in the container gently. Measure the rise in the level of water and, if appropriate, collect the water that overflowed into the collecting tray. Calculate the difference in the two water levels. Add the overflow volume if appropriate. That sum is the volume of water displaced by the rock and so the volume of the rock. If the rock is too massive to lift or be contained in something you will need to estimate its volume. That can be done by profiling its shape and partitioning that into smaller, more regular shapes. Calculate the volumes of all those shapes and sum the answers.
Place a specific amount of water in your bottle. Record the volume. Place the rock in the bottle. Read and record the new volume of water. Subtract the first volume measurement from the measurement after you added the rock. The difference is the volume of the rock.
This is one way which works only of the rock contains no bits which are water soluble, and the rock is relatively small. Fill a graduated container with water to a height greater than that of the rock, record the measurement of the water meniscus. The gently submerge the rock into the container and then make a not of the new measure of the water level. The difference in the two levels is a measure of the volume of the rock.If the rock is larger, then you will need two containers, the first container needs to be large enough to hold the rock fully submerged, and the other like a large tray. Place the first container inside the second and fill it so that it is full to the brim. Then very gently lower the rock into the container. Make sure that all the overflow (and nothing more) is caught in the second container (tray). Measure the volume of liquid that has overflowed.
The volume of a solid object such as a rock or pebble can be determined by submerging it in a liquid in a graduated cylinder or other container. The difference in the volume of the liquid is the volume of the object.
Place a rock in a container, add water, and record the volume.Pour an unknown amount of water into a glass container, add the rock, and note the water level; the unknown amount of water plus the weight of the rock is the volume of the rock.Pour a known amount of water into a glass container, add the rock, and note the new water level; the difference in water levels is the volume of the rock.Water displacement will not work.
Not always easy. Since density is defined as the mass of a unit volume of material,you would measure the volume of the rock by putting it into a container half filled with water and then measure the volume change.