Vocabulary
Scientific Tools
Scientific Inquiry
Measurement
Conversions
100

Description that includes a number and a unit

What is measurement

100
This tool is used by scientists to see very small things, such as cells close up.
What is a microscope?
100

The series of steps you have to follow to investigate and answer questions

What is the scientific method?

100
Unit used to measure length
What is a meter?
100

3,400,000 in Scientific notation

what  is 3.4 x 10^6

200

A way to write very large or small numbers

What is scientific notation

200

This tool is used by scientists to measure liquid mass or volume, thin and tall

What is a graduated cylinder?

200

a possible solution to the problem you're asking in an experiment

What is forming a hypothesis?

200
Unit used to measure volume
What is a liter?
200

5000 g = ___ kg

What is 5?

300

How close a measurement is to its true value

What is accuracy

300
This tool is used to measure distance.
What is meter stick, ruler, or measuring tape?
300
This step should be completed at the end of an experiment
What is drawing conclusions?
300

Used to measure weight

What is a newton?

300

400 cm = ___ m

What is 4?

400

Exactness of a measurement

What is precision

400

This tool is used to measure mass

What is balance scale?

400
An educated guess is also called this?
What is hypothesis?
400
Used to measure mass
What is the kilogram?
400

7 L = ____ mL

what is 7,000

500

Mass/Volume

What is density?

500

This tool is used to measure the amount of time it takes something to happen

stopwatch

500
A factor in an experiment that can change is (example: the amount of sugar)
What is an independent variable or manipulated variable?
500
Unit used to measure density
What is g/cm3 or g/ml?
500

2.5 x 10^-3 in standard form

What is 0.0025?

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