The first value (number) on a ruler; it can be even with the edge of the ruler.
What is zero?
The whole number that is not labelled before the 1" mark on the ruler.
What is Zero?
The name of the level at which we hold the container when we read or pour water into the container.
What is eye level?
The two properties that an object must have to displace water. (Hint: V and M)
What are volume and mass?
The unit that we use to measure the mass of an object.
What is a gram?
The measurement from the bottom of an object to the top of an object.
What is height?
A line that is drawn from one side of a circle, through the middle, to the other side.
What is a diameter?
The curved line on top of the water.
What is meniscus?
What happens to water in a container after an object is placed in the water.
What is "it rises/displaced/pushed away?"
The name of the instrument or tool that we use to measure the mass of a object. (Hint: it's blue)
What is a balance?
One kind of measurement unit on a ruler.
What is an inch?
One hundred of these units are equal to a meter.
What is a centimeter?
The metric unit (mL) with which we measure the volume of water.
What are milliliters?
What is the scientific term for what happens when you put an object into a container of water.
What is displacement?
The property of an object that we can measure, when we want to know how much it weighs.
What is mass?
Inches divided up into four fractions become these units.
What is a quarter-inch?
Units (mm) that are smaller than a centimeter.
What is a millimeter?
What we should do after we make a mistake when we pour water up to the line (instead of going back and forth).
What is starting over/to begin again/try it again?
What the object does to water when it is put into the container.
What is pushes away or take up the space? What is displace?
The property when one object weighs more than the other.
What is heavier?
These quarter-inches are also called this part of a whole number.
What is a fraction/what are fractions?
The name of the point that we write when we measure and record using metric units.
What is a decimal point?
The abbreviation for the unit that we use to measure the volume of water in a container.
What is mL?
An object that displaces a HUGE amount of water.
What is a big fat baby?
The property when an object weighs less than another. The opposite of heavier.
What is lighter?