Length
Volume
Water Displacement Method
Mass
Vocabulary
100
What tool do we use to measure length?
Ruler / tape measure / meter stick
100
What tool do we use to measure the volume of a liquid?
Graduated Cylinder
100
What is the volume of this toy diver? The scale is 2ml
54ml - 46ml = 8ml
100
What are the three parts of a triple beam balance?
The pan/tray
The riders/sliders
The pointer
100
What is initial volume?
The volume in a graduated cylinder without the object
200
What is length?
The distance between two points
200
What is volume?
The amount of space something takes up
200
What is the volume of the gold? (The scale is 1ml)
20ml - 17ml = 3ml
200
What is mass?
The amount of matter in an object
200
What is an independent variable?
The thing I CONTROL
300
What is the length of this object?
13cm
300
What is the formula for the volume of a regular solid?
Length x Width x Height
300
What is the volume of the pyrite (rock)?
73.5ml - 70.0ml = 3.5ml
300
What is the mass shown below?
167g
300
What is the dependent variable?
The thing being measured in an experiment, or the thing that changes as a result of the independent variable changing.
400
What is the length of this object?
28cm
400
What is the formula needed when using the water displacement method?
Final - Initial = Volume of object
400
What is the volume of this object? (The scale is 1ml)
26 ml
400
What is the mass shown on this triple beam balance?
41g
400
What does the pointer do on a triple beam balance?
Lines up with the zero mark to let you know the mass is balanced on both sides.
500
2.5cm
500
What is the volume of this shape?
525cm3
500
Describe the water displacement method:
Take a volume with just a liquid, add an object, the volume will go up equal to the volume of the object, take the final measurement and then subtract the two
500
What is the mass shown below?
163.7g
500
What is a meniscus?
The curved upper surface of a liquid