A student wants to measure the volume of a piece of cork. The cork has a similar shape to a steel bolt.
The density of the cork is 0.24 g/cm3.
The density of water is 1.00 g/cm3.
Explain why a standard water displacement method (using a eureka can filled with water) cannot be used directly to measure the volume of this piece of cork.
55 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 14.1 Density and states of matter. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.