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Spell Bee Word: Density


What does density mean?

Word: Density

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Density means how tightly packed something is: how much matter is in a space, or how many people or things are in an area.

Synonyms: compactness

How do you spell density?

Syllables: den - si - ty

Tricky part: It keeps the s of dense, so dencity is wrong.

Watch out for: dencity, denscity

Memory tip: Dense keeps its s when it grows into density; only the final e makes way for the ending.

Density in a sentence

Example 1: Gold has a much higher density than aluminium.

Example 2: Monaco has one of the highest population densities in the world.

Example 3: The density of the fog made the morning trains run late.

Fun Fact

Ice has a lower density than liquid water. That is why ice cubes float in a glass and why ponds freeze from the top down.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our science teacher showed us how to find the densety of a small wooden block.

a) wooden
b) science
c) densety
d) block

Show answer

c) densety. Density, like city, ends in ity.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

densitty

a) s
b) y
c) t
d) i

Show answer

c) t. Only one t comes before the y.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

density

a) thickness
b) height
c) speed
d) colour

Show answer

a) thickness. The density of fog or a crowd is how thick it is.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) liquied
b) measurment
c) density
d) volumn

Show answer

c) density. Volume ends in e, measurement is measure plus ment, and liquid has no e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A stone sinks in water but a cork floats. Which has the higher density?

a) neither of them
b) both are the same
c) the stone
d) the cork

Show answer

c) the stone

2. Oil floats on water because oil ____.

a) has the same density
b) has no density at all
c) has a lower density
d) has a higher density

Show answer

c) has a lower density

Associated Words

Words that end in -sity: necessity, viscosity, biodiversity, curiosity, adversity, diversity

More words from this list

experiment, illogical, migrate, progressive, species, acquire, biology, compress

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