Definitions
Units of Measurement
Tools
Number Problems
Miscellaneous
100
This measures how hot or cold something is.
What is temperature?
100
The unit a scientist would use to measure the length of a classroom.
What is the meter?
100
A scientist could measure temperature with this.
What is a thermometer?
100
If an object's length is 6 centimeters, then it is this many millimeters long.
What is 60 millimeters?
100
This is the system of measurement used by scientists around the world.
What is the metric system?
200
This measures the distance from one point to another.
What is length?
200
The unit a scientist would use to measure the amount of liquid in a drinking glass.
What is the milliliter?
200
To measure the mass of an object I might use this.
What is a balance?
200
If a box measures 8 centimeters by 5 centimeters by 2 centimeters, then its volume is this.
What is 80 cubic centimeters?
200
True or False. A substance that has a large mass and a small volume is very dense.
What is True?
300
This measures the amount of space an object or substance occupies.
What is volume?
300
The unit a scientist would use to measure the capacity of a tissue box?
What is cubic centimeters?
300
A scientist would measure liquid volume with this.
What is a graduated cylinder, or a beaker?
300
If a toy's mass is 100 grams, and its volume is 25 cubic centimeters, then what is its density?
What is 4 grams per cubic centimeter?
300
True or False. A substance that is less dense than water will float.
What is True?
400
This measures the amount of matter in an object or substance.
What is mass?
400
If I report a measurement as 6 grams per cubic centimeter, I am measuring this.
What is density?
400
This is the method used to find the volume of an irregularly-shaped solid.
What is displacement?
400
If a child's mass is 40 kg on the moon, then this is her mass on the Earth.
What is 40 kg?
400
Among the following, the unit that scientists would not use to measure volume: (a) liters; (b) cubic meters; (c) gallons; (d) milliliters.
What is gallons?
500
This is mass divided by volume.
What is density?
500
The unit a scientist would use to measure the mass of a dictionary?
What is a kilogram?
500
To find the volume of a moving box, a scientist would need this measuring tool.
What is a meter stick or ruler?
500
There are 20 ml. of water in a graduated cylinder. After a rock is dropped into the cylinder, the water level now reads 50 ml., so we know that this is the rock's volume.
What is 30 ml.?
500
True or False: The density of a substance increases when you have more of that substance.
What is False?
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