Definitions
What is length?
Length is the distance from one point to another.
What is length measured in?
Length is measured in centimeters, meters, and kilometers.
What tools can be used for measuring length?
Measuring tapes, meter sticks, and rulers.
What is the difference between mass and weight?
What is volume?
Volume is the amount of space an object takes up.
What is volume measured in?
Volume is measured in cubic centimeters, cubic meters, milliliters, and liters.
What tools can be used to measure volume?
Graduated cylinders and measuring cups.
What is taring?
Taring is when you reset a scale to zero, so you can measure the mass of an object without the mass of a container it is in.
What is mass?
Mass is the amount of matter in an object.
What is mass measured in?
Mass is measured in grams and kilograms.
What tools can be used to measure mass?
Scales.
Why or why not are mass and volume directly proportional?
Mass and volume are not directly proportional because mass varies based on the material of an object, while volume does not.
What is weight?
Weight is how strongly gravity pulls an object toward a planet. Both mass and gravity are factors in weight.
What is matter measured in?
Matter is measured in grams.
You are trying to measure the volume of an almond. You have a graduated cylinder filled with 28 mL of water. You place the almond in the graduated cylinder, and then the water line goes up to 32 mL. How many mL is the almond?
4 mL.
How is the displacement method used to measure volume?
What is matter?
Matter is something made from atoms.
What is weight measured in?
Weight is measured in newtons.
You are trying to measure the volume of a pebble. You place it in a graduated cylinder. Before, the water line was at 39 mL. Now, it is at 41 mL. What is the volume of the pebble?
2 mL.
What is a meniscus and how should you measure with it?
A meniscus is the dip in water. You should measure from the bottom of it.