Lily is trying to measure the volume of her hand. She places it in a can full of water. The volume of water that is is the same as the volume of her hand. What one word completes the sentence?

Displaced

Explanation:

A convenient way to measure the volume of an object is to measure the volume of a solid is to immerse the solid into water.

When a solid is immersed in water, it displaces some volume of water. This volume of water displaced is the same as the volume of the object.

For instance, if the volume of water in a measuring cylinder was 25 ml and i added a stone which made the water in the measuring cylinder to rise to 70 ml, it simply means that the volume of the object is 70 ml - 25 ml = 45 ml