Tools of Science
We use this to find the temperature of a substance.
What is a thermometer?
These are SI units of mass.
What are grams?
This is the system of measurement used by the United States.
What is the customary system?
158 m = ________ km
What is 0.158 km?
This goes at the top of your graph and clearly describes the experiment.
What is a title?
We can use this tool to find the mass of an object.
What is a balance?
These are SI units of length.
What are meters?
This is the system of measurement used by all scientists around the world.
What is the SI system, or the metric system.
8,025 ml = _____ L
What is 8.025 L?
This variable is placed on the x-axis and is the variable controlled by the experimenter.
What is the independent variable?
We can use this tool to measure length.
What is a ruler or measuring tape?
These are SI units for the volume of a liquid.
What are Liters?
This is where you read the level of liquid in a graduated cylinder.
What is the bottom of the meniscus?
42 kg = _____ g
What is 42,000 g?
These must be included with your axes titles to describe your measurements.
What are units (in parentheses)?
We can use this tool to measure the volume of a liquid.
What is a graduated cylinder?
These are SI units for the volume of a solid object.
What are cubic centimeters?
This is the measuring tool that would give the same results for mass on the moon as it does here.
What is a balance scale?
94 hm = _____ m
What is 9,400 m?
This is the variable found on the y-axis and changes in response to what you change.
What is the dependent variable?
We use this method to find the volume of an irregularly shaped object.
What is the water displacement method?
These are SI units of weight.
What are Newtons?
These make it easier to communicate both large and small numbers in the metric system.
What are prefixes?
685 cL = _____ L
What is 6.85 L
This is what you do after you create your graph scale.
What is plot the data points?