Metric System Conversions
1 Liter=______ML
1,000 ML
Using your senses or doing research is a part of which step of the scientific method?
Observation
When you place an irregular object in a graduated cylinder, the amount the water level rises tells you this.
Volume
The standard unit used to measure length in the metric system?
This type of observation describes qualities such as color, smell, or texture, but does not involve numbers.
qualitative observation?
250 centimeters = ______ meters
2.5 Meters
The amount of matter in an object is called its _____?
Mass
The water in a graduated cylinder starts at 45 mL. After placing in a rock, the level rises to 63 mL. The rock’s volume is ______ mL.
18 mL
This term describes the amount of matter that is packed into an object.
Volume
Counting 12 seeds in a pod or measuring a plant as 15 cm tall are examples of this type of observation.
quantitative observation?
4.5 kilometers = ______ meters
4,500 Meters
This is an If Then statement
Hypothesis
If a book box is 40 cm wide, 30 cm in height and 30 cm in length what is the volume of the object
36,000 cm3
The tool used to measure length in the metric system.
When doing an experiment, you may have more than one independent variable as long as you are careful. True or False.
False
0.075 kilograms = ______ grams
75 Grams
During an experiment, a student tests how the amount of sunlight affects plant growth. She gives each plant the same type of soil, same amount of water, and same pot size. In this experiment, what is the independent variable?
Amount of sunlight
The graduated cylinder had 40 mL of water. You put in an irregular object and the water went up to 67 mL. Figure the volume of the irregular object.
27 mL
What is the name of the tool used to find the volume of a liquid?
Graduated Cylinder
A student tests how the amount of fertilizer affects the height of tomato plants. Identify the independent variable, the dependent variable, and one constant.
Independent: amount of fertilizer; Dependent: plant height; Constant: type of tomato plant (or soil, water, pot size).
3.6 kilometers = ______ centimeters
360,000 Centimeters
The change made during an experiment that you are testing.
This is the formula used to find the volume of a rectangular prism.
L X W X H
What is the Freezing point for Celsius?
0 Degrees Celsius
In an experiment testing whether music helps students remember vocabulary words, what is the independent variable and what is the dependent variable?
Independent: presence of music; Dependent: number of vocabulary words remembered.