2007-10-04 08:53:53 · 4 answers · asked by kendra 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
1. Get a large tub of water (that you can completely fit into).
2. Fill it with water to the brim.
3. Get in the tub, immerse yourself completely, and let the water spill out into a container.
4. Measure the amount of spilled water.
Since your body is mostly water, the volume of water in the overflow container will fairly accurately indicate your body volume.
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2007-10-04 08:59:40 · answer #1 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get in the bathtub. FIll it with water. Submerge yourself completely. Mark the level of the water. Get out. Mark the new level of the water.
Now you have to figure out the volume of water it takes to fill the tub to each of the two levels. Subtract the lower level from the higher level. That's the volume of your body.
This is called displacement.
If you have a liquid measuring cup, you can mimic the process. Put something small like a golf ball in the measuring cup. Fill with water to the one cup mark. Remove the ball. See where the water is and subtract that from one cup. The difference is the volume of the ball.
2007-10-04 09:00:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Talk to your doctor and your mom. Although the displacement of water works you will have to clean up after the water that spilled.
2007-10-05 08:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by jennybaratta2002 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use water replacement. sit in a full bucket of water, the water overflow, the amount you collect with a basin underneath the bucket is your body volume.
it is called Archimedes' principle.
2007-10-04 08:59:49 · answer #4 · answered by Carborane 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋