Properties of matter / Liquid

Measuring of length and time

• Measuring lengths
• Planemetry
• Calculating the volume of regularly shaped bodies
• Calculating the volume of solid bodies by the amount of liquid displaced
• Calculating the volume of gaseous bodies
• Measuring time (chronometry)

Measuring mass and density

• Calculating mass
• Determining the density of regularly shaped bodies
• Determining the density of irregularly shaped bodies
• Determining the density of liquids
• Mass and weight

Pressure in liquids

• Interconnected vessels
• Hydrostatic pressure
• The effects of air pressure

Forces acting on bodies in liquids

• The weight of bodies in water
• Buoyancy force as a function of depth of immersion and body mass
• Buoyancy force as a function of the density of a fluid
• Buoyancy force as a function of the volume of a body
• Archimedes' principle
• Sinking - floating suspended in a liquid - floating on a liquid

Density of liquids

• Calculating density from volume and mass
• The hydrometer

Forces at the surface of liquids

• Surface tension
• Capillary action