An Empty Spice Bottle Has an Inner Volume of 1

question 41

Multiple Choice

An empty spice bottle has an inner volume of 1.31 × 10−⁴ m³. It has a mass of 112 g when filled with air, and it displaces 1.63 × 10−⁴ m³ of water when fully submerged. What fraction of the total volume of the bottle will be beneath the surface when it is placed in a tank of water?

• A) 0.69
• B) 0.81
• C) 0.85
• D) 1.00
• E) 1.46

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Definitions:

Optic Nerve

A cranial nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.

Retina

The light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye that converts light into neural signals, which are sent to the brain for visual recognition.

Visual Information

Data or knowledge acquired through the sense of sight.

Feature Detectors

Neurons in the brain that identify specific features of a stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement.