Coke vs. Diet Coke Density

Coke vs. Diet Coke Challenge

Coke vs. Diet Coke Challenge

1. Predict whether the can of Coke will sink or float in an aquarium

filled with water.  Also predict whether you believe the Diet Coke

will sink or float.

2. After you make these hypotheses, explain why some objects float and

some objects sink.

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Coke vs. Diet Coke Challenge

Coke vs. Diet Coke Challenge

What happened?

Why?

3. Density is dependent on two things: Mass and Volume.

Of those two things, which caused the two cans to have different densities? How do you know?

4.Why would a can of Coke have more mass (and therefore

a greater density) than a can of Diet Coke?

***Think about what they are made of***