EXPERIMENT: COMPARING HARDNESS AND DENSITY OF SOLIDS
In this activity, you will identify several minerals, then you will compare the minerals to determine if there is a relationship between the hardness of a sample and its density. You should consider the factors that determine the density and the hardness of a material and then form a hypothesis as to whether you believe these two properties will show a correlation. If they show a correlation, it may indicate that one property depends on or is in some way related to the other property. You should consider this in making your hypothesis. If two properties have a positive correlation, then the graph of their values will be a straight line. You will use this fact to test the accuracy of your hypothesis.